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State Agencies Iowa
Iowa’s
HIV Prevention Education Program works with the Iowa Department of Public
Health, schools and school districts, county health departments, juvenile
detention facilities, and community-based organizations working with
high-risk youth to provide HIV prevention education. Iowa receives funding
from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to provide HIV
prevention education and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
Iowa's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Providing professional development for educators on research-based
HIV prevention curricula and activities that can be used in an effective
HIV prevention curriculum.
- Collaborating with the Iowa Department of Public Health to provide
training for school health professionals on evidence-based strategies
for reaching youth at disproportionate risk with HIV prevention
education programs.
- Developing an implementation survey for middle and secondary schools
to evaluate current curricula and programming used in health education
and human growth and development classes.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to collect data that are representative of
Iowa students in grades 9−12.
- Distributing survey results from the YRBS to statewide agencies,
schools, local school administrators, the state Community Planning
Group, and other agencies working with youth.
- Using YRBS data to prepare state publications and improve programs
and policies.
For information on Iowa's
previous program activities, see Iowa, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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