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State Agencies Texas
The
Texas Education Agency receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent
and School Health to provide HIV prevention education and to conduct the
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The goal of the Texas Education Agency’s
HIV prevention program is to enhance the capacity of school staff to provide
HIV prevention education to students throughout Texas.
Texas' Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Providing professional development on HIV prevention to school district
personnel in targeted areas of the state.
- Developing strong collaborative relationships with other HIV Prevention
agencies and organizations to strengthen the focus on risk behavior prevention to
reduce HIV across the state.
- Providing training and support to school district personnel across the state
in gathering and interpreting HIV/STD data to inform program planning.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Developing user-friendly materials and presentations tailored to
diverse audiences of stakeholders to summarize the YRBS results.
- Disseminating the results of the YRBS to a statewide audience of
school administrators, government officials, professional associations,
Parent-Teacher Associations, parents, and other stakeholders.
- Using the survey results in collaboration with multiple partners to
improve, develop, and implement programs and policies that address the
risk behaviors of Texas youth.
For information on Texas'
previous program activities, see Texas, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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files on this page. Accessible formats are provided for those using assistive
technology. Learn more about viewing and printing PDF documents with Acrobat
Reader.
For more information on
CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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