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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007
The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. This brief reports study results in the area of HIV prevention, covering the following topics: (1) Health Education; and (2) Health Services and Mental…
Descriptors: Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion, Comprehensive School Health Education
Vermont Department of Education, 2004
This report contains information based on 47 interviews with administrators and educators from technical centers, approved and recognized independent schools, recognized schools, state operated facilities, state approved programs, and state approved tutorials in Vermont. The information in this report is based on self-reporting by individual…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Private Schools, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion
Andrulis, Dennis P.; Duchon, Lisa M.; Reid, Hailey Maier – 2002
This review of seven Healthy People objectives for the nation's 100 largest cities and their surrounding areas documents considerable but inconsistent progress toward improving health in urban and suburban areas. It describes achievements in reaching Healthy People 2000/2010 goals, which were created by the Office of the Surgeon General of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Birth Weight, Communicable Diseases, Health Promotion
Haffner, Debra W. – 1987
Due to indiscriminate experimentation with drugs and sex, teens are increasingly at risk of contracting AIDS. Goals of prevention include reducing the panic and misinformation surrounding the disease, helping teenagers delay sexual intercourse, ensuring condom use, and preventing I.V. drug use. AIDS prevention as a shared responsibility includes…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Behavior Change, Community Cooperation
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1991
This document is a compendium of approximately 170 national health promotion and disease prevention objectives affecting mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and youth. It offers a vision characterized by reductions of preventable death and disability, enhanced quality of life, and reduced disparities in the health status of the populations in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Cancer, Child Health
Pan Atlantic Consultants, Portland, ME. Strategic Marketing Services. – 1992
The Maine Department of Education conducted a survey in the spring of 1992 to determine the level of AIDS/HIV education in the State's schools. This report, consisting largely of statistical tables, reflects data collected from 561 respondents (91 percent) of high schools, combination junior and senior high schools, combination secondary and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Green, Dan; Penaloza, Linda J.; Chrisp, Eric; Dillon, Mary; Cassell, Carol M.; Tsinajinnie, Eugene; Rinehart, Judith; Ortega, Willa – New Mexico Public Education Department, 2006
In the fall of 2005, the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM YRRS) was conducted in New Mexico public high schools, with 5,679 students in grades nine through twelve participating from 20 public high schools in the state. The NM YRRS is a tool that can assist administrators and policy makers in identifying health risk behaviors among…
Descriptors: High Schools, Health Promotion, Prevention, Academic Achievement