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Local Agencies San Francisco, California
The
San Francisco Unified School District in California receives funding from
CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to provide HIV prevention
education, provide national professional development, and conduct the Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The goal of the San Francisco School District’s
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program is to prevent HIV infection by providing
information, research-validated curricula, and resources to students,
parents, and employees.
San Francisco's Program In Action
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Recruiting African-American and Latino youth at all secondary
schools to serve as youth outreach workers to implement a culturally
competent Positive Peer Norms campaign focusing on HIV prevention
education, wellness, and alcohol/substance use prevention at their
school.
- Providing research-based HIV prevention education to all students in
secondary schools using the Positive Prevention curriculum.
- Disseminating copies of the 2008 San Francisco Family Action
Guide, which includes information about HIV/AIDS prevention and the
prevention of youth health risk behaviors that contribute to HIV/AIDS
infection, to parents and caregivers.
Providing National Professional Development
- Working with the Massachusetts Department of Education to develop a
5-year National Professional Development Plan based on the CDC DASH
Professional Development Practices.
- Collaborating with the CDC and the Massachusetts Department of
Education to provide national professional development events to
DASH-funded state, local, and territorial education agencies and tribal
governments.
- Working with the Massachusetts Department of Education to plan,
implement, and evaluate professional development events aimed at
building the capacity of state, local, territorial, and tribal education
agency staff to prevent HIV infection, reduce asthma episodes, and
promote physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention within
the context of a coordinated school health program.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that
are representative of middle school and high school students in San
Francisco.
- Using data from the middle and high school YRBS surveys to monitor
the health-related behaviors of San Francisco’s youth, guide program
planning, and evaluate the district’s school-based health programs.
- Disseminating YRBS results through a report, executive summaries,
and brochures to schools, district staff, community agencies, decision
makers, and relevant youth groups.
For information on San Francisco's
previous program activities, see
San Francisco,
California — 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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