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Local Agencies Memphis,
Tennessee
Memphis
City Schools in Tennessee 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 Memphis City Schools HIV
prevention program is to implement effective policies and educational
strategies to prevent HIV infection among youth.
Memphis' Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Using a training cadre to provide professional development on HIV
prevention for teachers, school nurses, alternative school staff, and
staff of community-based organizations.
- Providing training for parents on positive parenting practices and
for peer educators on youth refusal skills.
- Training middle school teachers on interventions to reach high-risk
African-American youth and creating an advisory committee to develop a
plan for delivering prevention services to Hispanic students and their
families.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that
are representative of Memphis City students in grades 9–12 and compiling
trend and comparison reports of the data.
- Providing trainings for local education agencies and community
partners on how to use YRBS data.
- Disseminating YRBS data on the Memphis City Schools web site and in
resource kits provided to community agencies that serve students in
Memphis City Schools.
For information on Memphis'
previous program activities, see
Memphis, Tennessee — 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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