Stephanie Schroot

Nurse practitioner in the BCLA Health Center

 

 

What do you think is the biggest obstacle in AIDS education in schools?

Stephanie-Money, people from what I know of it the requirements to get students to pass the MCAS precludes the opportunity to teach them about things that are considered more elective.

 

Do you believe that funding is an issue that works against the education of HIV/AIDS? if so what do you think we can do to change that?

 

 Stephanie-Yup well as I just said to the previous questions I think money is a factor because I think most of the money goes into trying to get students to pass the MCAS and trying to teach them anything else falls by the waist side umm I know that there is some lobbying going on right now there’s and organization that I believe is called CARES I’m not sure of that but I think that’s the name of the organization that is trying to rally support to convince the mass state government to change their regulations and require sex education

 

Are certain races/ethnicities, age groups, or genders more susceptible to contracting HIV/AIDS? 

Stephanie- No it’s more life style people who are involved in drugs and people who trade sex for money but it has nothing to do with age or gender or ethnicity