HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Broward 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
- Design training and support materials for seventh- and eighth-grade instructional
staff that will increase the implementation of HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention
content delivered to all seventh and eighth grade students.
- Market training and support materials on the Broward Virtual University Web site.
- Develop, produce, and market three culturally competent podcasts on HIV, STD,
and teen pregnancy prevention content that should be delivered by all seventh and
eighth grade teachers.
Broward 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
- Assess the needs of training participants through various data systems.
- Provide online courses, webinars, and face-to-face professional development
events to address the HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention content that should be
delivered by all high school teachers.
- Measure the effectiveness of professional development events, including the
use of Broward County’s BRITE system, that allow participants to provide feedback
to strengthen training components.
Broward 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 Bridging Education & Attitudes with Teens training cadre that will
include 10 instructional staff to serve as training leaders for the district.
- Identify 10 new schools annually to be trained in the Bridging Education &
Attitudes with Teens program, with each new participating school creating a portfolio
and electronic data system.
- Identify 14 schools that will deliver the Project U Turn Wait Training
peer-to-peer education program.
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