Alabama
The Alabama Department of Education receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to
- Conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
- Implement effective policies, programs, and practices to avoid, prevent, and reduce
sexual risk behaviors among students that contribute to HIV infection,
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy.
Facts and Figures for Alabama
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Youth Online: Interactive Data for Alabama
School Health Profiles
School Health Policies and Practices Study
HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Alabama is seeking to increase the percentage of
schools that deliver HIV, STD, or pregnancy prevention programs (including after school
or supplemental programs) that meet the needs of ethnic/racial minority youth at high
risk (e.g., black, Hispanic, or American Indian youth) by doing all of the following:
- Providing curricula or supplementary materials that include pictures, information,
and learning experiences that reflect the life experiences of these youth in their
communities.
- Providing curricula or supplementary materials in the primary languages of the
youth and families.
- Facilitating access to direct health services or arrangements with providers not
on school property who have experience in serving these youth in the community.
- Facilitating access to direct social services and psychological services or
arrangements with providers not on school property who have experience in serving these
youth in the community.
- Requiring professional development for school staff on HIV, STD, and pregnancy
prevention issues and resources for these youth.
Activities
- Establish school health advisory committees to address HIV prevention education
in 11 school districts in the Black Belt region to meet the needs of ethnic and
racial minority youth at high risk.
- Provide focused technical assistance to the 11 districts in the Black Belt
region to complete HIV action plans that will guide awareness and education efforts
of a Student Leadership Team at each school.
- Conduct two trainings for the Student Leadership Teams at schools in the
Black Belt region.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools that deliver HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention programs (including after school or supplemental programs)
that meet the needs of ethnic/racial minority youth at high risk
Table
[pdf 4.2M]
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Alabama is seeking to increase
the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional
development during the past 2 years on all of the following:
- Describing how widespread HIV and other STD infections are and the consequences of
these infections.
- Understanding the modes of transmission and effective prevention strategies for
HIV and other STDs.
- Identifying populations of youth who are at high risk of being infected with
HIV and other STDs.
- Implementing health education strategies using prevention messages that are
likely to be effective in reaching youth.
Activities
- Facilitate collaboration of lead health education teachers with the
Alabama Campaign for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy to incorporate research-based curricula into daily
lesson plans to prevent HIV, STDs, and teen pregnancy.
- Conduct three professional development events at state conferences
and training events for administrators, teachers, counselors, and others serving
youth in non-school settings on modes of transmission and prevention strategies for
HIV and STDs.
- Conduct a review of school districts’ HIV policies with participants during
professional development events.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools in which the lead health education
teacher received professional development during the 2 years before the survey on four
key HIV prevention topics
Table
[pdf 4.2M]
| Map†
[ppt] |
Alabama is seeking to increase the
percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional
development on at least six of the following during the past 2 years:
- Teaching HIV prevention to students with physical, medical, or cognitive disabilities.
- Teaching HIV prevention to students of various cultural backgrounds.
- Using interactive teaching methods for HIV prevention education, such as role
plays or cooperative group activities.
- Teaching essential skills for health behavior change related to HIV prevention
and guiding student practice of these skills.
- Teaching about health-promoting social norms and beliefs related to HIV prevention.
- Strategies for involving parents, families, and others in student learning of
HIV prevention education.
- Assessing students’ performance in HIV prevention education.
- Implementing standards-based HIV prevention education curricula and student assessment.
- Using technology to improve HIV prevention education instruction.
- Teaching HIV prevention to students with limited English proficiency.
- Addressing community concerns and challenges related to HIV prevention education.
Activities
- Conduct a needs assessment with lead health education teachers to identify
HIV curricula used throughout the state.
- Develop professional development activities and materials for health education
teachers based on needs assessment data.
- Consult with The Focus Program to provide professional development and supplemental research-based curriculum materials for lead health teachers to address HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention in the Black Belt counties.
- Promote use of three evidence-based curricula reviewed and selected by an HIV Advisory Group.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools in which the lead health
education teacher received professional development during the 2 years before the
survey on at least 6 of 11 key HIV prevention topics
Table
[pdf 4.2M]
| Map†
[ppt] |
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† The complete PowerPoint and PDF documents are found
here. The PowerPoint documents range in size from 200-230K.
