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Past Program Activities, 2003–2008
Puerto Rico, 2003–2008
From March 2003–February 2008, the
Puerto Rico Department of Education received funding from CDC’s Division of
Adolescent and School Health to provide HIV prevention education and
conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
For information on Puerto Rico's
current program activities, see
Puerto Rico.
Past Program Activities
Provided HIV
Prevention Education
- Provided professional development to health teachers on HIV
prevention education.
- Trained peer educators in schools with the highest rates of risk
behaviors.
- Organized community empowerment conferences and recruiting parents
for a group to support the HIV prevention education program.
Conducted the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administered the YRBS in high schools throughout Puerto Rico to
obtain data representative of all students in grades 9 −12.
- Created a report that effectively communicates YRBS results.
- Disseminated YRBS results to stakeholders across Puerto Rico.
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