Policy - Written Policy Goals
8.1.1 Policy - Written Policy Goals
Education ministries were asked if they had a written policy or Minister’s statement expressing long-term goals for HIV prevention or sexual health education. The responses indicate that about one-half of respondents have a specific statement and another half have long-term directions established in other documents.
Figure 5
| Have Written Policy Goals for HIV/Sexuality | Yes |
No |
In Part |
Indirectly |
Don’t Know |
| Ministry of Education (MOE-3) | 54.5 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
School district administrators were asked if they had a written policy expressing long-term goals for HIV or STD prevention or for sexual health promotion. More respondents reported policies on HIV/AIDS than on sexual health promotion.
Figure 6
| Have Written Policy Goals on: (SD - 3) |
Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| HIV | 56.0 |
44.0 |
0.0 |
|
| STD | 38.2 |
61.8 |
0.0 |
|
| Sexual Health | 40.1 |
59.9 |
0.0 |
School principals were asked if they had a written policy or document expressing long-term policy goals. A majority said that they followed education ministry or school district guidelines rather than having their own document.
Figure 7
| Have Written Policy Goals on: ( SP - 3) |
Follow Ministry Guidelines |
Follow SD Guidelines |
Follow School Document |
No Written Document |
| HIV/AIDS | 65.9 |
45.5 |
8.4 |
14.4 |
| STD | 60.8 |
41.8 |
6.6 |
17.7 |
| Sexual Health | 63.3 |
46.4 |
7.7 |
14.1 |
Most teachers said that they followed the Education ministry guidelines or curriculum in teaching about HIV/STD/sexuality. They reported as follows:
Figure 8
| Teachers follow guidelines /curriculum | Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| Teachers (T - 10) | 71.5 |
10.7 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
Health respondents were asked if they have written policy goals for HIV prevention, STD prevention and sexual health. Most health ministries have written goals for HIV prevention. About half of the public health units said that they have written HIV prevention goals, either specifically or in part.
Figure 9
| Have Written Policy Goals for HIV Prevention | Yes | No | In Part | Don’t Know | Indirectly part of other document |
| MOH - 5 | 83.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | ||
| PHU - 3 | 37.5 | 24.9 | 15.6 | 1.1 | 20.9 |
Health respondents were also asked if they had long term policy goals for STD prevention. Fewer health ministries reported having written policy goals on this issue as compared to HIV prevention.
Figure 10
| Have Written Policy Goals for STD Prevention | Yes |
No |
In part |
Don’t Know |
Indirectly - part of other document |
No Response |
| MOH - 5 | 58.3 |
33.3 |
8.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
| (PHU - 3) | 39.8 |
22.5 |
15.8 |
0.0 |
19.8 |
1.0 |
When asked about written policy goals for sexual health promotion, only one-quarter of health ministries said that they have such written goals. The response from public health units was about the same for all three issues.
Figure 11
| Have Written Policy Goals for Sexual Health Promotion | Yes |
No |
In part |
Don’t Know |
Indirectly - part of other document |
No Response |
| MOH - 5 | 25.0 |
41.7 |
16.7 |
16.6 |
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| PHU - 3 | 44.6 |
20.9 |
14.8 |
1.1 |
17.6 |
1.0 |