HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Connecticut is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that provide parents
and families health information to increase parent and family knowledge of HIV prevention,
STD prevention, and teen pregnancy prevention.
Activities
- Expand the capacity of the cadre of trainers programs to provide research-based
and medically accurate professional development in HIV and STD prevention education
to local school districts and other organizations serving youth of color and lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) youth.
- Develop a marketing strategy to engage a network of advocates that will expand
support and interest in HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention within a coordinated school
health approach.
- Attend local conferences and forums addressing HIV, STD, pregnancy prevention,
health disparities, and school improvement efforts.
- Maintain a Web page
that addresses HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention issues.
Connecticut 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
- Increase the representation of organizations serving youth of color and
LGBQ youth in stakeholders’ meetings.
- Expand the capacity of the Cadre of Trainers programs to provide
research-based and medically accurate professional development in HIV and STD
prevention education to local school districts and other organizations serving
youth of color and LGBQ youth.
- Conduct at least six professional development activities relating to
HIV prevention education delivered by the HIV/STD/pregnancy prevention cadre;
the Healthy Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Students Project Cadre, and the Health Education
Assessment Project cadre.
- Conduct two statewide trainings of the Tell Me What You See STDs, HIV, and
hepatitis prevention education program.
Connecticut is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
that have a policy or policies that address all of the following issues:
- Attendance of students with HIV infection.
- Procedures to protect HIV-infected students and staff from discrimination.
- Maintaining confidentiality of HIV-infected students and staff.
Activities
- Conduct a training for trainers to disseminate the new HIV and Other
Communicable Diseases Policy Guide to school district personnel.
- Review and maintain the electronic resource inventory to assure accuracy and
usability for school and community-based personnel to access policy resources for
HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention.
- Attend local conferences and forums addressing HIV, STD, pregnancy prevention,
health disparities, and school improvement efforts.
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