As a school health advocate this article has great value in which preventative measures can be used to keep adolescents informed and safe. School is the place and opportunity to educate young adults in safe sex and the risks to unsafe behavior. School is the time to get hold of children's attention about safe sex and health consequences, so that outside of the classroom they have the information they desperately need to remain STD and HIV free. It is a school's duty as an educational institution to see that each student has the skills and resources needed to protect themselves socially and physically.
Research has backed up the school's way of educating students about STD’s and AIDS by proving that it lowers an individual's chance of acquiring these diseases with proper and correct information. Not only is this a fantastic result, but it is also reducing the financial cost of medical bills and resources by lowering the rates at which STD’s and HIV is contracted. With more information being relayed, young adults are being safer and better protected.
With programs in place such as the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, DASH, the possibilities to health education for students of all ages can continue to make a dent in the research that shows STD’s and HIV numbers lowering. This division sees that funding is provided for educational entities to discuss the infections attributed to unsafe sex and unintended pregnancy. DASH does many outreach programs throughout America to make possible community wide resources. This means that counseling, testing, treatment, education, and research is readily available when needed by the public.
Because there are areas of the U.S where HIV/STD’s are more common, DASH knows that this is where the resources are needed most. This is why research plays such a crucial role to determining how the available materials can best be utilized. The national strategy for preventing AIDS/HIV was highly used by DASH in order to prevent the spread of these conditions. This strategy entailed seeing that all schools taught AIDS/HIV awareness and that they had this information to enact preventative measures to protect themselves.
DASH is extremely hands on when it comes to precise and up to date data. This is crucial for preventing high rates of AIDS/STD’s in small areas. Data tells researchers within DASH where resources are needed most, and where education seems to be lacking. Surveys are also provided to get an in depth look at the safety health habits of students. These surveys reveal the trends and patterns within areas throughout the U.S in order to provide those specific areas assistance.
Children spend a significant part of their formative years in school, for this reason it is beneficial for schools to teach high quality HIV and STD prevention to our youth. Helping our kids make good healthy choices requires involvement from parents, community, and schools.
“Research shows that well-designed, well-implemented school based HIV/STD prevention programs can significantly reduce sexual risk behaviors among students.” (1). HIV/STD prevention programs have been shown to delay the initial starting age of teens having sex, reduce the number of sex partners, and increase the use of protective measures like condoms and contraceptives.
“CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is a unique source of support for HIV prevention efforts in the nation’s schools. DASH provides funding and technical assistance that enables state and local education agencies to deliver HIV prevention programs that are scientifically sound and grounded in the latest research on effectiveness.” (1). Dash uses the most comprehensive and up to date health data and evidence to asses risks and implement education.
Having comprehensive education in schools is very important. When we looked at the data for our counties, comparing the numbers from 1990 to present, there has been a significant decrease in the number of teen pregnancies and STDs. Compared to other countries the US seems to be lacking in the area of educating our youth for protecting them from HIV/STD and pregnancy rates
Schools Play a Critical Role in HIV and STD Prevention
As a future educator, this reiterated the importance of comprehensive sex education in the classroom. Just being a teenager puts kids in such a huge risk population and it should be considered negligent to not educate them about the risks that they are thinking about taking, in an honest, productive manner. It's hard to argue with the fact that student are in school six hours a day, for 13 years.
HIV/STD Prevention Programs Can Reduce Risk Behaviors and Be Cost-Effective
This, to me, is the section that should get everybody on board for comprehensive sex ed: it saves millions of government dollars. And we are delivered more truth that comprehensive education delays first intercourse. It is hard to imagine that there are people out there that still oppose this attitude to sex ed. Time and again it has proven itself effective and safer than abstinence only education, and it is impossible to look past that as an educator, and teach students anything else.
DASH Promotes Effective HIV Prevention Through Schools
DASH seems to be a phenomenal resource for teachers. It's goal is to provide accurate, scientific information to teachers in a cost effective way. I really appreciated that DASH focuses on bridging the gap between public health and education, by being a resource that doesn't rely on the local attitude. They provide a support network for educator pushing for education about HIV/STDs. It is so important, in many more rural parts of the country, where abstinence only education reigns supreme that educators pushing for comprehensive education have a great support system behind them, validating their ideas and choices.
DASH’s Programs Are Data Driven and Evidence Based
Here is the reason DASH still exists and reduces the numbers of students contracting HIV/STDs, having unintended pregnancies, and even delaying first intercourse: it is a data driven program. The numbers don't lie, and the numbers are accessible for all to see and understand, and reported in such a way that anyone can understand. And what does the data say? The programs work. As a future educator, this means I will have one more resource, one more support behind me validating why I choose to teach my students comprehensive sex education.
It’s important to know the basics on how to prevent HIV and STD’s, especially among young adults. As the article mentioned, 2/3 of students are already sexually active by the time they graduate high school and of those, 40% did not use condoms. The article highly emphasizes that young adults are among the age group with the highest rates of STD’s. Since it’s known that teens are the most susceptible to HIV and STD’s, having prevention programs within the school is highly recommended. As a health advocate I felt like these measures are crucial. Since school is a key setting for many teens, it’s the perfect place to help students make healthy choices regarding their sex lives. By having these school-based HIV/STD prevention programs in school settings, the sexual risk behaviors among teens will be reduced. This is very important! We want to make sure that we tackle the issue head on. We need to start promotion and awareness at an age where students might still not be having sex and if they are already being sexually active, providing them with the knowledge of HIV/STD prevention wouldn’t hurt. They can take the information and decide what to do. As long as we are providing them with helpful resources and the information they need to know, we know that we are doing the best that we can in order to reduce risky sexual behaviors among teens.
"Bringing High-Quality HIV and STD Prevention to Youth in Schools" was only about 4 pages; within those four pages I learned knowledge facts, reach and prevention. I feel that some children and teens think they are unstoppable and that sex is just apart of life with no fear facts included. I half agree with this statement but i also question their education leave towards sex. Its true that sex is apart of life but it also comes with responsible not only for yourself but also for your partners. Knowing the right information starting in or health classes can help or children and teens. Approximately 18 percent of all new HIV diagnoses are among young people aged 13–24 years. Teens and young adults have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) of any age group. Three in 10 young women become pregnant before they reach the age of 20. ( http://www.cdc.gov/) I hope that one day where able to change this percents and bring awareness not only to more health classes but also in our community's and home.
HIV/STD Prevention Programs Can Reduce Risk Behaviors and Be Cost-Effective
Effective school-based HIV/STD prevention programs tend to be those that are delivered by trained instructors; are age-appropriate; and include such components as skill-building lessons, support of healthy behaviors in school environments, and the involvement of parents, youth-serving organizations, and health organizations. (www.cdc.gov)
DASH Promotes Effective HIV Prevention Through Schools
DASH provides funding and technical assistance that enables state and local education agencies to deliver HIV prevention programs that are scientifically sound and grounded in the latest research on effectiveness. Many of the strategies implemented by schools to prevent HIV infection can also help young people avoid other STDs and unintended pregnancy(www.cdc.gov)
Are children right now our are future; educating them is key and helping them understand that it only takes one chance and one mistake. Scaring them won't help this articular has the key ideas of what are children need.
Healthy behaviors are influenced by our surroundings and for our years of K-12 the majority of our time is spent in the surroundings of school. Unfortunately if schools choose to not actively support healthy behaviors students are not exposed to fact and will often fall for fiction or not feel empowered to make the healthy choice, like purchase condoms. These unhealthy choices are leading to high rates of STDs in ages 13-24 and three in ten women becoming pregnant before the age of 20. This just drives home the importance of comprehensive sex education. Those seven hours a day five days a week for thirteen years should be take advantage of in improving health. Prevention programs are proven to reduce risk behavior and are supported by the CDC. It is amazing to me how much research and proof there is that these programs work (reduce STDs, teen pregnancy and lead to teens making healthy choices for them that include waiting to have sex are reducing how many partners/times they have sex) but so many people are against them. These programs also include parent involvement, encouraging conversations at home. Other aspects of these programs that make them so important are that they teach problem solving skills, communication and healthy behaviors. Problem solving and communication skills are crucial skills needed to succeed and they can help reduce teen pregnancy! The CDC points out that these programs are cost effective because medical costs go down when these programs are established and working. I think it’s a little sad that this point has to be made and $$$ has to come into play when talking about students health. But my feelings aside, why isn’t everyone on board if this effective program is saving money. It looks like DASH follows many of the same guidelines as Oregon’s comprehensive sex education policies. So for those schools that struggle to include sex education in Oregon, this could be a great resources to those teachers that need more help. Also, because this program is supported by the CDC these programs and resources are available nationwide, and could be amazing for teachers in states that don’t have the same laws as Oregon.
As a school health advocate this article has great value in which preventative measures can be used to keep adolescents informed and safe. School is the place and opportunity to educate young adults in safe sex and the risks to unsafe behavior. School is the time to get hold of children's attention about safe sex and health consequences, so that outside of the classroom they have the information they desperately need to remain STD and HIV free. It is a school's duty as an educational institution to see that each student has the skills and resources needed to protect themselves socially and physically.
ReplyDeleteResearch has backed up the school's way of educating students about STD’s and AIDS by proving that it lowers an individual's chance of acquiring these diseases with proper and correct information. Not only is this a fantastic result, but it is also reducing the financial cost of medical bills and resources by lowering the rates at which STD’s and HIV is contracted. With more information being relayed, young adults are being safer and better protected.
With programs in place such as the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, DASH, the possibilities to health education for students of all ages can continue to make a dent in the research that shows STD’s and HIV numbers lowering. This division sees that funding is provided for educational entities to discuss the infections attributed to unsafe sex and unintended pregnancy. DASH does many outreach programs throughout America to make possible community wide resources. This means that counseling, testing, treatment, education, and research is readily available when needed by the public.
Because there are areas of the U.S where HIV/STD’s are more common, DASH knows that this is where the resources are needed most. This is why research plays such a crucial role to determining how the available materials can best be utilized. The national strategy for preventing AIDS/HIV was highly used by DASH in order to prevent the spread of these conditions. This strategy entailed seeing that all schools taught AIDS/HIV awareness and that they had this information to enact preventative measures to protect themselves.
DASH is extremely hands on when it comes to precise and up to date data. This is crucial for preventing high rates of AIDS/STD’s in small areas. Data tells researchers within DASH where resources are needed most, and where education seems to be lacking. Surveys are also provided to get an in depth look at the safety health habits of students. These surveys reveal the trends and patterns within areas throughout the U.S in order to provide those specific areas assistance.
Children spend a significant part of their formative years in school, for this reason it is beneficial for schools to teach high quality HIV and STD prevention to our youth. Helping our kids make good healthy choices requires involvement from parents, community, and schools.
ReplyDelete“Research shows that well-designed, well-implemented school based HIV/STD prevention programs can significantly reduce sexual risk behaviors among students.” (1). HIV/STD prevention programs have been shown to delay the initial starting age of teens having sex, reduce the number of sex partners, and increase the use of protective measures like condoms and contraceptives.
“CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is a unique source of support for HIV prevention efforts in the nation’s schools. DASH provides funding and technical assistance that enables state and local education agencies to deliver HIV prevention programs that are scientifically sound and grounded in the latest research on effectiveness.” (1). Dash uses the most comprehensive and up to date health data and evidence to asses risks and implement education.
Having comprehensive education in schools is very important. When we looked at the data for our counties, comparing the numbers from 1990 to present, there has been a significant decrease in the number of teen pregnancies and STDs. Compared to other countries the US seems to be lacking in the area of educating our youth for protecting them from HIV/STD and pregnancy rates
1. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/about/pdf/hivstd_prevention.pdf
Schools Play a Critical Role in HIV and
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As a future educator, this reiterated the importance of comprehensive sex education in the classroom. Just being a teenager puts kids in such a huge risk population and it should be considered negligent to not educate them about the risks that they are thinking about taking, in an honest, productive manner. It's hard to argue with the fact that student are in school six hours a day, for 13 years.
HIV/STD Prevention Programs Can Reduce
Risk Behaviors and Be Cost-Effective
This, to me, is the section that should get everybody on board for comprehensive sex ed: it saves millions of government dollars. And we are delivered more truth that comprehensive education delays first intercourse. It is hard to imagine that there are people out there that still oppose this attitude to sex ed. Time and again it has proven itself effective and safer than abstinence only education, and it is impossible to look past that as an educator, and teach students anything else.
DASH Promotes Effective HIV Prevention
Through Schools
DASH seems to be a phenomenal resource for teachers. It's goal is to provide accurate, scientific information to teachers in a cost effective way. I really appreciated that DASH focuses on bridging the gap between public health and education, by being a resource that doesn't rely on the local attitude. They provide a support network for educator pushing for education about HIV/STDs. It is so important, in many more rural parts of the country, where abstinence only education reigns supreme that educators pushing for comprehensive education have a great support system behind them, validating their ideas and choices.
DASH’s Programs Are Data Driven and Evidence Based
Here is the reason DASH still exists and reduces the numbers of students contracting HIV/STDs, having unintended pregnancies, and even delaying first intercourse: it is a data driven program. The numbers don't lie, and the numbers are accessible for all to see and understand, and reported in such a way that anyone can understand. And what does the data say? The programs work. As a future educator, this means I will have one more resource, one more support behind me validating why I choose to teach my students comprehensive sex education.
It’s important to know the basics on how to prevent HIV and STD’s, especially among young adults. As the article mentioned, 2/3 of students are already sexually active by the time they graduate high school and of those, 40% did not use condoms. The article highly emphasizes that young adults are among the age group with the highest rates of STD’s. Since it’s known that teens are the most susceptible to HIV and STD’s, having prevention programs within the school is highly recommended. As a health advocate I felt like these measures are crucial. Since school is a key setting for many teens, it’s the perfect place to help students make healthy choices regarding their sex lives. By having these school-based HIV/STD prevention programs in school settings, the sexual risk behaviors among teens will be reduced. This is very important! We want to make sure that we tackle the issue head on. We need to start promotion and awareness at an age where students might still not be having sex and if they are already being sexually active, providing them with the knowledge of HIV/STD prevention wouldn’t hurt. They can take the information and decide what to do. As long as we are providing them with helpful resources and the information they need to know, we know that we are doing the best that we can in order to reduce risky sexual behaviors among teens.
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ReplyDelete"Bringing High-Quality HIV and STD Prevention to Youth in Schools" was only about 4 pages; within those four pages I learned knowledge facts, reach and prevention. I feel that some children and teens think they are unstoppable and that sex is just apart of life with no fear facts included. I half agree with this statement but i also question their education leave towards sex. Its true that sex is apart of life but it also comes with responsible not only for yourself but also for your partners.
ReplyDeleteKnowing the right information starting in or health classes can help or children and teens. Approximately 18 percent of all new HIV diagnoses are among young people aged 13–24 years. Teens and young adults have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) of any age group. Three in 10 young women become pregnant before they reach the age of 20. ( http://www.cdc.gov/) I hope that one day where able to change this percents and bring awareness not only to more health classes but also in our community's and home.
HIV/STD Prevention Programs Can Reduce Risk Behaviors and Be Cost-Effective
Effective school-based HIV/STD prevention programs tend to be those that are delivered by trained instructors; are age-appropriate; and include such components as skill-building lessons, support of healthy behaviors in school environments, and the involvement of parents, youth-serving organizations, and health organizations. (www.cdc.gov)
DASH Promotes Effective HIV Prevention Through Schools
DASH provides funding and technical assistance that enables state and local education agencies to deliver HIV prevention programs that are scientifically sound and grounded in the latest research on effectiveness. Many of the strategies implemented by schools to prevent HIV infection can also help young people avoid other STDs and unintended pregnancy(www.cdc.gov)
Are children right now our are future; educating them is key and helping them understand that it only takes one chance and one mistake. Scaring them won't help this articular has the key ideas of what are children need.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/about/pdf/hivstd_prevention.pdf
Healthy behaviors are influenced by our surroundings and for our years of K-12 the majority of our time is spent in the surroundings of school. Unfortunately if schools choose to not actively support healthy behaviors students are not exposed to fact and will often fall for fiction or not feel empowered to make the healthy choice, like purchase condoms. These unhealthy choices are leading to high rates of STDs in ages 13-24 and three in ten women becoming pregnant before the age of 20. This just drives home the importance of comprehensive sex education. Those seven hours a day five days a week for thirteen years should be take advantage of in improving health.
ReplyDeletePrevention programs are proven to reduce risk behavior and are supported by the CDC. It is amazing to me how much research and proof there is that these programs work (reduce STDs, teen pregnancy and lead to teens making healthy choices for them that include waiting to have sex are reducing how many partners/times they have sex) but so many people are against them. These programs also include parent involvement, encouraging conversations at home. Other aspects of these programs that make them so important are that they teach problem solving skills, communication and healthy behaviors. Problem solving and communication skills are crucial skills needed to succeed and they can help reduce teen pregnancy! The CDC points out that these programs are cost effective because medical costs go down when these programs are established and working. I think it’s a little sad that this point has to be made and $$$ has to come into play when talking about students health. But my feelings aside, why isn’t everyone on board if this effective program is saving money.
It looks like DASH follows many of the same guidelines as Oregon’s comprehensive sex education policies. So for those schools that struggle to include sex education in Oregon, this could be a great resources to those teachers that need more help. Also, because this program is supported by the CDC these programs and resources are available nationwide, and could be amazing for teachers in states that don’t have the same laws as Oregon.