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State Agencies Florida
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 goal of the Florida HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Program is to
strengthen the capacity of schools to provide effective HIV/AIDS prevention
education to students.
Florida's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Collaborating with the Florida School Association to plan and
coordinate an HIV prevention education track at the annual Florida
School Health Conference.
- Providing professional development and technical assistance for
members of the HIV/AIDS prevention education training cadre to prepare
them to train parents, school district staff, and local health
department staff on a variety of HIV prevention topics.
- Conducting a regional Promoting HIV/STD and Pregnancy Prevention
Together workshop for teachers, school psychologists, staff from the
local health department and department of juvenile justice, parents, and
youth.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to collect data that are representative of
Florida students in grades 9−12, through a collaborative effort between
Florida’s Department of Education and Department of Health.
- Distributing information collected from the YRBS to statewide
agencies, members of the statewide school health consortium, district
staff, and community-based organizations.
- Developing a comprehensive YRBS data report and numerous
behavior-specific fact sheets to summarize YRBS results.
For information on Florida's
previous program activities, see 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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