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Page 16 - CDC awarded $1.8 million to 15 national organizations, such as the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Boards of Education.
Page 35 - To what extent is the program taught by regular classroom teachers in elementary grades and by qualified health education teachers or other similarly trained personnel in secondary grades? 4. To what extent is the program designed to help students acquire essential knowledge to prevent HIV infection at each appropriate grade? 5. To what extent does the program describe the benefits of abstinence for young people and mutually monogamous relationships within the context of marriage for adults? 6. To...
Page 16 - All 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam have submitted plans and applications for funds.
Page 34 - J.-.misry 23, 1983 these grades, the secondary school health education teacher preferably should provide education about AIDS, because a qualified health education teacher will have training and experience in adolescent development, age-appropriate teaching methods, adolescent health, and secondary school health education methods and materials (including methods and materials for teaching about such topics as human sexuality, communicable diseases, and drug abuse). In secondary schools that do not...
Page 12 - HTV was transmitted, but did not alter their behavior accordingly. Some changed their behavior groundlessly, for example, not touching doorknobs or sharing popcorn. In a 1986 study of teens in Massachusetts, 96 percent said they knew about AIDS, but only 15 percent had changed their sexual behavior because of concern about it. Of these, only 20 percent took steps such as using condoms or abstaining from sex; 54 percent said they did not worry at all about catching AIDS.
Page 8 - HW infection occurs years before AIDS is manifest; during this time the virus is infectious to other people. Therefore, current emphasis is on education about the dangers of HIV transmission. In the remainder of this report, we refer to education related to all phases of the disease as HIV education. Youth are at risk of HIV infection through sexual and drug use behavior. They may be at even higher risk of heterosexual transmission than the general population. One study found that many youth lack...
Page 11 - Introduction 1. Youth have sex at an early age — the average age of first intercourse is 16. The Office of Technology Assessment reports that 78 percent of males and 63 percent of females have sex while teenagers. 2. For many adolescents, sexual activity is frequent or often with more than one partner. Among unmarried females 15 to 19 years old, about 40 percent reported having sex once a week or more, and 51 percent reported having two or more partners. An official of a national organization serving...
Page 33 - ... health should work together to help local departments of education and health throughout the state collaboratively accomplish effective school health education about AIDS. Although all schools in a state should provide effective education about AIDS, priority should be given to areas with the highest reported incidence of AIDS cases. Preparation of Education Personnel A team of representatives including the local school board, parent-teachers associations, school administrators, school physicians,...
Page 34 - Avoiding sexual intercourse with anyone who is known to be infected, who is at risk of being infected, or whose HIV infection status is not known; • Using a latex condom with spermicide if they engage in sexual intercourse; • Seeking treatment if addicted to illicit drugs; • Not sharing needles or other injection equipment; • Seeking HIV counseling and testing if HIV infection is suspected. State and local education and health agencies should work together to assess the prevalence of these...
Page 32 - AIDS is a fatal disease and because educating young people about becoming infected through sexual contact can be controversial, school systems should obtain broad community participation to ensure that school health education policies and programs to prevent the spread of AIDS are locally determined and are consistent with community values. The development of school district policies on AIDS education can be an important first step in developing an AIDS education program. In each community, representatives...