NPD’s first event "Strengthening Our Practice: Refining Our Aim" targets CDC/DASH priority areas of HIV and Coordinated School Health.
Purpose
To facilitate the delivery of content material and skill-building exercises to assist DASH funded partners in refining program efforts to:
improve the quality of HIV prevention education and Coordinated School Health programs at the state and local level; and
reach youth at greatest risk for HIV infection, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and tobacco use.
Objectives
Through participation in this event, participants will:
increase knowledge and skills to support successful implementation of HIV and Coordinated School Health programs at the state and local level.
increase capacity to identify at-risk populations and develop concrete strategies to improve program effectiveness to reduce HIV infection, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and tobacco use.
define short, mid, and long term benchmarks for on-going program improvement through completion of a team action plan.