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State Agencies Rhode Island
The
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education receives
funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to provide HIV
prevention education and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The
goals of Rhode Island’s HIV prevention education program are to build
state-level partnerships to increase support for HIV, STD, and unintended
pregnancy prevention; build the capacity of schools and communities to
implement HIV prevention education programs, policies, and practices; and
use monitoring and evaluation to promote continuous improvement of state and
local HIV prevention initiatives.
Rhode Island's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Using results from an online health teacher survey to develop a
professional development plan for comprehensive health education.
- Providing professional development opportunities by expanding the
thrive e-Academy and face-to-face trainings.
- Providing individualized technical assistance for school districts
to strengthen the effectiveness of their HIV prevention policies and
practices.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Collaborating with the School Health Survey group to collect data on
risk behaviors that are representative of Rhode Island students in
grades 9−12.
- Producing and disseminating user-friendly reports to summarize YRBS
results.
- Uploading all YRBS data to a Web Query system and conducting
training for various audiences on use of the Web Query system.
For information on Rhode Island's
previous program activities, see Rhode Island, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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For more information on
CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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