HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Texas 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
- Award eight competitive School Health Advisory Councils grants for $2,500 per
school district to support the design and implementation of evidence-based, culturally
and linguistically appropriate interventions and programs that focus on youth at highest
risk.
- Maintain the HIV Materials Review Committee, update information on the online
database, and distribute information throughout the state.
- Provide four trainings to conference attendees focusing on health disparities among
Hispanic/Latino and African-American youth, HIV prevention programs, School Health
Advisory Councils, and/or National Health Education Standards policies/practices at
school health-related conferences and meetings throughout the state to increase the skills
and competencies of health educators.
Texas 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 four trainings to conference attendees focusing on health disparities
among Hispanic/Latino and African-American youth, HIV prevention programs, School
Health Advisory Councils, and/or National Health Education Standards policies/practices
at school health-related conferences and meetings throughout the state to increase the
skills and competencies of health educators.
- Coordinate three trainings for school health staff in targeted areas of the state,
including the School Health Index and Health Education Curriculum Assessment Tool, with
an emphasis on decreasing health disparities among socially disadvantaged populations.
- Make available an HIV 101 online continuing education course for school staff.
Texas 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
- Make available an HIV 101 online continuing education course for school staff.
- Coordinate three trainings to school health staff in targeted areas of the state,
including the School Health Index and Health Education Curriculum Assessment Tool,
with an emphasis on decreasing health disparities among socially disadvantaged populations.
- Provide four trainings to conference attendees focusing on health disparities
especially among Hispanic/Latino and African-American youth, HIV prevention programs,
School Health Advisory Councils, and/or National Health Education Standards
policies/practices at school health-related conferences and meetings throughout the
state to increase skills and competencies.
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