AEGiS-06IAC: Role of the community college: policy, education and service.

6th International AIDS Conference

San Francisco, California, USA — June 20-23, 1990

Role of the community college: policy, education and service.

Int Conf AIDS 1990 Jun 20-23; 6:342 (abstract no. Th.D.865)
Redick M; San Francisco Community College District, California, USA

OBJECTIVE: To describe the AIDS transmission prevention activities of a community college of 60,000 students during the last six years.

METHODS: The community college appointed an AIDS Advisory Committee in 1984 to develop policy, administrative guidelines and procedures to guide working groups in both the instructional and student services components of the institution. In 1987, as a result of the planning of employees and students a fully staffed AIDS Program Office was opened.

RESULTS: 1) Policy: nondiscrimination and confidentiality used as statewide model for 108 community colleges. 2) Education: ongoing programs for both employees and students; materials production and distribution; integration of prevention education in existing curriculum; specialization in bilingual, bicultural education. 3) Service: integration of HIV infected employees or students in worksites or classrooms; outreach and liaison with 63 local AIDS serving community-based organizations; AIDS awareness activities at city, regional, state and national levels.

CONCLUSION: A community college has many technical, educational, service and leadership resources to share in developing a response to the epidemic.

Keywords: AEGIS, Schools, Public Policy, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Health Education, HIV Infections, Students, Advisory Committees, Confidentiality, Organizations, Health Policy, Sex Education, Education, Special, education, ICA6

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