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Local Agencies Miami-Dade County,
Florida
Miami-Dade
County Public Schools in Florida 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 goals of the Miami-Dade County
Public Schools HIV/AIDS Education Program are to strengthen HIV prevention
education in grades K–12, strengthen procedures to monitor the availability
and adequacy of health education, enhance HIV prevention education through
community collaborations, and continuously evaluate programmatic activities
to inform future planning.
Miami-Dade County's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Integrating HIV, STD and unintended pregnancy prevention education
into existing health education and other core subject areas in grades
K–12.
- Researching, developing and assessing district AIDS policies and
procedures.
- Collaborating with others from the school district, local health
agency, institutions of higher education, community organizations,
parents, and students, to develop, implement and evaluate HIV, STD and
unintended pregnancy prevention education activities.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that
are representative of Miami-Dade County students in grades 9–12.
- Creating a YRBS District Statistical Manual that uses graphs to
depict youth risk behaviors in the county across time.
- Distributing the YRBS District Statistical Manual to all school
administrators, school decision makers, and relevant community
organizations across the district.
For information on Miami-Dade County's
previous program activities, see
Miami-Dade County, Florida
— 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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