The Status of Middle Level HIV/STD Education as Assessed by State and Local Education Agencies

Abstract:
During spring 1998 RAD Educational Programs, in cooperation with the National Middle School Association conducted a needs assessment of middle level HIV/STD prevention programs from the perspective of representatives from state education agencies and local education agencies. Results suggest that a range of activities are occurring in school-based HIV/STD prevention for early adolescents in grade 5-8. However, a prevailing characteristic among states was the high degree to which local control and local decision making affects programming in schools. A concrete result was the multitude of requests for effective HIV/STD curricula for middle level students. In addition, administrators shared similar needs for an increase in time allotment for health instruction. Most believed that time for health education in the classroom would increase if a nation wide mandate existed resulting in appropriate standards and assessments for all middle level and high school students.

Author(s): W. Wolff, D. Schoeberlein

Publication: V0l. 69, No. 6


Date Published: 9/25/2000

Pages: 4

Location Code: 8389