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FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 111K] School Health Profiles Profiles data not available. School Health Policies and Programs Study SHPPS data not available. Health Topic Fact Sheets Fact sheets not available.   FUNDED STATE AGENCY Maryland   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Baltimore, Maryland —  2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Baltimore City Public School System* Alexia McCain Coordinator of Health/HIV Prevention

Baltimore's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Developing and delivering professional development on HIV prevention for administrators, teachers, and other school staff.
   
• Providing the skills-based Positive Voices! Positive Choices HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Program to middle and high school students, youth attending community programs, and staff of youth-serving agencies.
   
• Collaborating with the Baltimore City Health Department to establish the Healthy Teens and Young Adults Program (BCHD-HTYA) to provide human reproductive health education for students in middle and high schools without a school-based health center.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that are representative of Baltimore students in grades 9–12.
   
• Disseminating the YRBS results to school administrators, school decision makers, and relevant community organizations across the district.
   
• Using YRBS data to develop, review, and revise curricula and programs to meet the needs of the students of BCPSS.

For information on Baltimore's previous program activities, see Baltimore, Maryland — 2003–2008.

For data from other states, territories, or localities, see

• SHPPS: School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Profiles
• YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• Youth Online: Comprehensive Results

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• Funded National Nongovernmental Organizations

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Page last modified: November 10, 2008
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