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Local Agencies Los Angeles, California
The
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in California receives funding
from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to implement an asthma
management program, provide HIV prevention education, and conduct the Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The goal of LAUSD’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
is to prevent AIDS by providing information and resources to students,
parents, and employees. The Asthma Program’s goal is to help schools reduce
asthma episodes and asthma-related absences.
Los Angeles' Program In Action
Asthma Management
- Disseminating information about LAUSD’s asthma program, policies,
and resources to staff, students, parents, and community members through
the LAUSD asthma website.
- Coordinating with school nurses, physicians, and others to identify
students most impacted by asthma and facilitate access for these
students to the Breathmobile program, a cooperative partnership
with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and the Los Angeles
Department of Health.
- Providing training to physical education teachers from secondary
schools to increase their awareness of asthma and provide strategies for
helping students with asthma engage in the standards-based physical
education curriculum.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Conducting professional development events for teachers and other
school staff on the district adopted, research-based HIV/AIDS
curriculum.
- Developing a comprehensive youth involvement strategy focusing on
the HIV/AIDS prevention needs of sexual minority youth, Latino/Hispanic
youth, African American youth, and Native American youth.
- Developing a plan to expand the current LAUSD HIV prevention program
website to better address the HIV/AIDS prevention needs of parents and
students throughout the district.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to a representative sample of high school
students in grades 9–12.
- Using data from the high school YRBS to monitor the health-related
behaviors of youth in Los Angeles, guide program planning, and evaluate
the District’s school-based health programs.
- Disseminating findings of the YRBS through executive summaries and
user-friendly brochures to schools, district staff, community agencies,
decision makers, and relevant youth groups.
For information on Los Angeles'
previous program activities, see
Los Angeles, California — 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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