HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Oregon 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
- Provide training-of-trainers professional development in collaboration with the Native
Wellness Institute on the Healthy Relationships for Native Youth curriculum for educators who
work primarily with Native youth.
- Provide onsite monitoring visits to ensure that HIV and STD prevention curricula based on
proven, research-based effective strategies are implemented in grades 6–12.
- Train Portland-area alternative schools’ transition programs’ health teachers in Making
Proud Choices and Focus on Youth.
- Train special education teachers in FLASH through four statewide trainings.
Oregon 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
- Provide professional development training to 30 percent of Oregon school
districts in collaboration with selected partners to address workplan implementation
aligned with the Oregon Youth Sexual Health Plan.
- Train Portland-area alternative schools’ transition programs’ health teachers in
Making Proud Choices and Focus on Youth.
- Train special education teachers in FLASH through four statewide trainings.
Oregon 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
- Provide professional development training to 30 percent of Oregon school districts,
in collaboration with selected partners, to address workplan implementation aligned with
the Oregon Youth Sexual Health Plan.
- Train Portland-area alternative schools’ transition programs’ health teachers in
Making Proud Choices and Focus on Youth.
- Train special education teachers in FLASH through four statewide trainings.
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