HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Alaska is seeking to increase
the percentage of schools that address all of the following in a required course taught
during grades 9, 10, 11, or 12:
- The relationship among HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The relationship between alcohol and other drug use and risk for 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.
Activities
- Provide professional development trainings and follow-up support for alternative
school staff on HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention strategies and services.
- Provide resources and e-learning courses for all Alaska teachers on HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention strategies, partner services, and skills-based teaching methods.
- Work with other stakeholders such as the Alaska Department of Health and Social
Services, the Alaska Department of Labor, and the Alaska School Boards Association to
provide professional development, funding support, and resources for alternative schools
to reduce their students’ high-risk health behaviors.
- Continue to focus school attention on HIV prevention and comprehensive school health
education via a focus section in the Healthy Alaska newsletter and on the Alaska Department
of Education and Early Development Web site.
Alaska is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that
address all of the following in a required course taught during grades 9, 10, 11, or 12:
- Efficacy of condoms, that is, how well condoms work and do not work.
- The importance of using condoms consistently and correctly.
- How to correctly use a condom.
Activities
- Continue to focus school attention on HIV prevention and comprehensive school
health education via a focus section in the Healthy Alaska newsletter and on the Alaska
Department of Education and Early Development Web site.
- Provide professional development through trainings and follow-up support and e-learning
courses for teachers.
Alaska 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
- Update Web site on a regular basis to include training opportunities, technical
assistance, and research-based health materials.
- Work with other stakeholders such as the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services,
the Alaska Department of Labor, and the Alaska School Boards Association to provide professional
development, funding support, and resources for alternative schools to reduce their students’
high-risk health behaviors.
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