Q&A
Monitoring and evaluation of sexual health education programs in NYC schools
1:35:46
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about how NYC Public Schools monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of sexual health education programs. The discussion covers metrics used to evaluate the impact on teen pregnancy, STDs, and other health indicators.
- NYC Public Schools collaborates closely with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and CDC
- They use the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to gather student-level health information
- The School Profile Survey is used to collect data on what schools report they are doing
Rita Joseph
1:35:46
Thank you.
1:35:47
I'd like to recognize council member Schulman, council member Gennaro, and council member Wernicoff.
1:35:55
So how does, New York City Public Schools monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of sexual health education program in schools?
1:36:02
I know that was asked earlier, but I wanna tie it in with what metrics are also used to evaluate effectiveness in reducing rates, such as teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, intimate partner violence, and other key health indicators.
1:36:15
Are you in contact with DOHMH to track these, this data?
Despina Zaharakis
1:36:20
So we work very closely with DOHMH.
1:36:22
Sarah can talk to the specifics.
Narrator in Shown Video
1:36:25
Yeah.
1:36:25
We we partner with them extremely closely to implement, the youth risk behavior survey, which is, as well as with the CDC, which is the main way that we capture, health information about what young people in New York City are doing, and experiencing, and then we also administer the school profile survey, which looks at what schools are reporting doing.
1:36:45
So there's the student level anonymous survey of health, health risks, and then there's a school level survey of, principal and teachers reporting on what on what they are doing in their schools.
1:36:55
And so we work really collaboratively with both CDC and the Department of Health to, look at the trends from both of those, both of those surveillance methods.
