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Past Program Activities, 2003–2008
Connecticut, 2003–2008
From March 2003–February 2008, Connecticut received funding from CDC’s
Division of Adolescent and School Health to provide HIV prevention education
and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).For information on
Connecticut's
current program activities, see Connecticut.
Past Program
Activities
Provided HIV
Prevention Education
- Maintained the state HIV/STD Task Force Committee to develop
guidance on program planning, state policy review, and materials review,
and to strengthen the statewide infrastructure for providing effective
HIV prevention education programs to youth.
- Provided research-based training and technical assistance to health
coordinators, teachers, nurses, mental health providers, administrators,
and other youth-serving professionals on a wide range of educational
topics in HIV/STD
prevention.
- Developed and implemented a plan to work with agencies that serve
youth in high-risk situations, including administrators and
professionals in the juvenile justice system; youth service bureaus;
school-based mental health providers for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
questioning youth; and HIV/STD training cadre members who address
the prevention needs of youth disproportionately infected with, and affected
by, HIV.
Conducted the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Implemented and sustained, for the purposes of program planning
and evaluation, an effective, well-integrated health behavior
surveillance system for Connecticut students in grades 9 −12.
- Partnered with the Department of Health to administer the YRBS.
- Collaborated with a regional education service center to provide
professional development for school and community educators to enhance
understanding of how to interpret student health data, incorporate data
into prevention education, and educate policy makers on the importance
of collecting and using data to inform program planning.
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