San Francisco 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
- Recruit African-American and Latino youth at all secondary schools to serve as youth outreach workers to implement a culturally competent Positive Peer Norms campaign focusing on HIV prevention education, wellness, and alcohol/substance-use prevention at their school.
- Provide research-based HIV prevention education to all students in secondary schools using the Positive Prevention curriculum.
- Disseminate copies of the San Francisco Family Action Guide to HIV/AIDS infection to parents and caregivers. This guide is updated annually and includes information about HIV/AIDS prevention and the prevention of youth health risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of HIV.
San Francisco 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
- Disseminate copies of the San Francisco Family Action Guide to HIV/AIDS infection to parents and caregivers. This guide is updated annually and includes information about HIV/AIDS prevention and the prevention of youth health risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of HIV.
San Francisco is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which students’ family or community members have helped develop or implement HIV prevention, STD prevention, or teen pregnancy prevention policies and programs.
Activities
- Engage parents as active participants on the Materials Review Task Force to help determine HIV and STD programs implemented in the classroom.
- Offer parents programs designed in collaboration with the parent-teacher association on talking with their teens about sexuality and task parents to take the information learned from this program and share it with their teens.
- Develop culturally sensitive theatrical HIV prevention programs for students in grades K–10 in collaboration with community partners.
