Goal 3: Educate the Community
Objective 1: Conduct STD and HIV workshops to 4,000 adolescents and young adults (ages 15-29) per year.
1a. Develop a sexual health curriculum that is medically accurate for Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) which includes information on the following: STDs, HIV, PrEP, PEP, contraceptives, consent, and a hands-on demonstration on how to use a condom.
1b. Partner with higher education institutions such as Long Beach City College (LBCC) and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) to enhance sexual health curricula.
1c. Partner with Long Beach Unified School District, private schools and post-secondary institutions to deliver HIV/STD curricula.
Objective 2: Provide HIV and STD education at 30 community events per year.
2a. Participate in community events including health fairs that focus on adolescents and young adults (ages 15-29), African-American, Latino and LGTBQ communities to promote awareness of HIV testing and STD screening and treatment locations.
2b. Distribute informational pamphlets on HIV and STDs, information on testing and treatment sites and information on PrEP/PEP sites in Long Beach.
2c. Provide HIV Rapid Testing at community events utilizing mobile testing units and partnered agencies.
Objective 3: Leverage and expand existing educational Campaigns to increase awareness of HIV and STDs among populations who are disproportionately impacted.
1a. Identify non-traditional settings (i.e. local markets, barber and beauty shops, churches, medical marijuana dispensaries, etc.) to expand presence of existing educational campaign materials in communities with highest infection rates.
1b. Utilize social media platforms (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.) to advertise existing educational campaigns in the city.