ABSTRACT
During the last decade and a half, schools have increasingly become the focus for health promotion and disease prevention efforts aimed at both children and their families (Iverson and Kolbe 1983). The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the role that schools might play in community-based approaches to prevention of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and intravenous (IV) drug use. The analysis includes a summary of existing knowledge regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and AIDS prevention in school-age populations; consideration of factors that favor and that hinder effective AIDS prevention efforts in schools; review of documented experiences with health-related, school-based prevention programming; review of preliminary, anecdotal, and other less formally documented prevention programming in school settings; and, finally, suggestions for intervention models and future research initiatives.
