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State Agencies District of Columbia
The
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.
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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