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L Daily

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PubMed1988

School health education to prevent the spread of AIDS: overview of a national programme.

The ultimate goal of CDC's School Health Education to Prevent the Spread of AIDS programme is to reduce the incidence of HIV infection among school-aged youth. Working objectives that integrate programme research and development activities are listed in the opposite Table. In 1982 it was estimated that of the 4.6 billion people in the world, about one billion were school-aged, and about 870 million of these youth were enrolled in schools. WHO, UNESCO, and the International Union for Health Education have recognized that schools could provide a critical means for ensuring that young people throughout the world understand the global AIDS pandemic they face, and what they can do to protect themselves, the families for which they will become responsible, and the communities in which they will reside. But if schools are to provide effective AIDS education, they will require the commitment and active collaboration of education and health leaders in local, national, and international agencies.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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Progress in efforts to prevent the spread of HIV infection among youth.

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS will continue to threaten public health for years to come. Despite some popular misperceptions, adolescents are at risk of infection. Twenty percent of persons reported with AIDS have been ages 20 through 29. Given the long incubation period between HIV infection and AIDS, some of these young adults probably were infected while they were teenagers. Young people must develop the skills they will need to avoid HIV infection and other related health problems. In 1987, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) launched a national program to help schools and other agencies that serve youth across the nation provide effective health education to prevent the spread of HIV. CDC supports and works closely with national health and education organizations, State and local education agencies, colleges and universities, and local health departments to establish HIV prevention policies and programs, training and demonstration centers, information development and dissemination activities. The impact of these efforts are assessed through applied surveillance and evaluation research. Through this system, CDC is attempting to institutionalize the means for continuously providing educational programs that will be effective in preventing HIV infection and other important health problems.

Adolescent↗