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Local Agencies Chicago,
Illinois
Chicago
Public Schools (CPS) in Illinois 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 the CPS HIV/AIDS Prevention Program is to prevent AIDS
by providing information and resources to students, parents, and employees.
The goals of the CPS asthma management program are to increase asthma
awareness for students, staff, and parents; improve attendance for students
with asthma; and create asthma friendly environments that reduce risk
factors contributing to asthma episodes in students.
Chicago's Program In Action
Asthma Management
- Collaborating with community partners to implement a comprehensive
asthma awareness plan in schools with high rates of students with
asthma.
- Providing trainings for students, parents, teachers, physical
educators, and athletic coaches on asthma management strategies.
- Developing and maintaining Individual Health Plans for students
diagnosed with asthma.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Conducting HIV prevention education trainings for school staff
located in Chicago zip codes with the highest rates of sexually
transmitted infections among youth.
- Establishing partnerships between school staff in targeted Chicago
zip codes and community-based HIV prevention organizations to provide
supplemental resources and services.
- Establishing a monitoring system for the provision of HIV prevention
education in Chicago Public Schools, including CPS’s Family Life and
AIDS Education curriculum, the HealthTeacher Web-based health
curriculum, and other approved HIV prevention education programs.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Collaborating with community partners to select questions for
inclusion on the CPS YRBS.
- Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that
are representative of Chicago students in middle and high school.
- Using YRBS results to direct school-based interventions for the
prevention of health risk behaviors among Chicago youth.
For information on Chicago's
previous program activities, see
Chicago, Illinois — 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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