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PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
District of Columbia Public Schools, 2003–2008
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION
District of Columbia Public Schools*

Veronica E. Whycoff
Director, HIV/AIDS Education Program
 

 
Healthy AdolescentsThe District of Columbia 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 goal of the HIV prevention education program is to increase the capacity of schools to provide planned, sequential, and developmentally appropriate skills-based health education to prevent behaviors that result in HIV/STD infection and unintended pregnancy. In addition, the program works to strengthen the capacity of school personnel to provide effective HIV prevention education for students at high-risk for infection.

District of Columbia's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

  • Providing training for health and physical education teachers on implementing standards-based HIV/STD prevention education for students in grades 6 −12.
     
  • Recruiting students to become involved in HIV prevention program planning by serving on a district-wide HIV/AIDS youth advisory council.
     
  • Collaborating with the American Psychological Association to provide training and technical assistance for school staff on preventing health risk behaviors of sexual minority students.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  • Publishing and distributing a YRBS results report that includes information on trends related to risk behaviors over time.
     
  • Publishing YRBS results online and distributing a slide presentation for use by community-based organizations.
     
  • Encouraging local organizations and agencies to conduct secondary analyses of local data and monitoring the various uses and users of local YRBS data.


For information on District of Columbia's previous program activities, see District of Columbia Public Schools, 2003–2008.

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Page last reviewed: December 01, 2008
Page last modified: November 10, 2008
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