Article Title
Introducing AIDS Education in Connecticut Schools
Abstract
Most of the nation 's schoolchildren are not infected with the AIDS virus (HIV). Since AIDS is a preventable disease, no one need become infected. In order to protect themselves, everyone, including children, must understand exactly how HIV is and is not contracted. The message of prevention, however, is controversial, since it must include advice on safer sex and drug use.
In 1984, Connecticut was forced to face the issue of a child with HIV infection entering school. The state responded by creating guidelines for prevention of disease transmission in schools and by subsequently developing an AIDS curriculum. Obstacles to AIDS education in school include inability to decide upon curricular content as well as political concerns on the part of school administrators. In Connecticut, committee representatives of state and local agencies of health and education and of academia are working together to overcome these obstacles.
Recommended Citation
Sabella, William
(1988)
"Introducing AIDS Education in Connecticut Schools,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 27.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol4/iss1/27
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