HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Iowa 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
- Determine the implementation of HIV education in Iowa high schools through human
growth and development courses.
- Assess the use of curricula and materials received during professional
development trainings, identify how the curricula is used, and provide recommendations
for improving it.
- Implement a follow-up evaluation plan to encourage, monitor, and evaluate the
execution of HIV prevention curricula following a professional development event.
Iowa 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
- Foster the advancement of HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention policies,
training, and education by participating in and supporting collaborative partnerships.
- Use existing partnerships to build new relationships with identified HIV
organizations and groups.
- Communicate consistently with new partners.
- Provide professional development training to school personnel to work with ethnic
and sexual minority youth.
Iowa 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
- Support and facilitate the continued development of HIV prevention professionals.
- Establish a system for working with the HIV Stakeholder Workgroup to improve communication and results.
- Develop a plan for communicating with different audiences.
Iowa 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
- Share with all district administrators a model policy and process for obtaining
technical assistance and support to revise district policy.
- Provide feedback to districts on HIV policy revisions.
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