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State Agencies Pennsylvania
The
Pennsylvania Department of Education 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 Pennsylvania
Department of Education HIV prevention education program is to strengthen
state-level policies, programs, and support to help schools prevent HIV
infection, especially among youth who are at highest risk.
Pennsylvania's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Providing technical assistance on the statewide HIV prevention
policy and the Pennsylvania Academic Standards regarding HIV prevention
education, comprehensive school health education, and coordinated school
health to administrators, educators, parents, and other key
stakeholders.
- Providing professional development for health educators on effective
teaching strategies, skills-based health education and assessment, and
implementation of academic standards for health education, safety, and
physical education.
- Distributing mini-grants to schools to improve the quality of local
district HIV/STD prevention education programs that target youth at
greatest risk for infection.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS in high schools throughout Pennsylvania to
obtain data representative of students in grades 9-12.
- Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with state and
local agencies, non-profit and community organizations, and other
stakeholders to support YRBS implementation and data utilization.
For information on Pennsylvania's
previous program activities, see Pennsylvania, 2003–20088.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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