HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Tennessee is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
that address all of the following in a required course taught during grades 6, 7, or 8:
- The differences between HIV and AIDS.
- How HIV and other STDs are transmitted.
- How HIV and other STDs are diagnosed and treated.
- Health consequences of HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The benefits of being sexually abstinent.
- How to prevent HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- How to access valid and reliable health information, products, and services
related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The influences of media, family, and social and cultural norms on sexual behavior.
- Communication and negotiation skills related to eliminating or reducing risk for
HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- Goal setting and decision making skills related to eliminating or reducing risk
for HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- Compassion for persons living with HIV or AIDS.
Activities
- Deliver healthy relationships, HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy reduction trainings
to teachers throughout Tennessee on the Michigan Model curriculum.
- Conduct trainings to Lifetime Wellness teachers on HIV, STD, and blood-borne
pathogens to ensure they have the most accurate and relevant information when teaching
their students.
- Partner with three community-based organizations to provide resources and training on
HIV prevention to homeless and runaway youth within three school districts.
Status
 |
Percentage of secondary schools that taught 11 key HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention topics in a required course during grades 6, 7, or 8
Table
[pdf 4.2M] |
Map† [ppt] |
Tennessee 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
- Develop a cadre of up to 10 trainers to provide professional development to
all lead health education teachers.
- Provide HIV prevention training to 40 special education teachers and other school
personnel that serve students with special needs.
- Provide an HIV awareness event to 20 high schools throughout Tennessee focusing on
prevention information for the lead health education teacher and other school staff.
Status
|
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] |
Tennessee 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
- Identify 25 teachers as HIV education leads for targeted technical assistance and
follow-up support for HIV prevention education.
- Conduct various trainings related to HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention to
lead heath education teachers in urban areas of Tennessee that have a culturally diverse
student body.
- Provide trainings to lead health education instructors on skill development for the
specific purpose of creating behavior changes to protect against HIV and STD.
Status
|
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] |
|
|
