CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Guidelines for Effective School Health Education To Prevent the Spread of AIDS (From AIDS Challenge: Prevention Education for Young People, P 433-446, 1988, Marcia Quackenbush, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-117621)

• NCJ Number: 117638
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Sale Source: Network Publications
• Publication Type: Guideline
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

These guidelines are intended to help school personnel and others plan, implement, and evaluate educational efforts to prevent unnecessary morbidity and mortality associated with AIDS and other HIV-related illnesses.

Abstract

The guidelines incorporate principles for AIDS education that were developed by the President's Domestic Policy Council and approved by the President of the United States in 1987. The guidelines emphasize the need for programs that address the needs and developmental levels of students and of school-age youth who do not attend school and to address specific needs of minorities, persons for whom English is not the main language, and persons with visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities. Individual sections focus on the preparation of educational personnel, the content of instruction for different age groups, curriculum time and resources, and questions that should be answered in assessing programs. 9 references and appended background discussions and an additional reference list.