School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Students' Activities (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 79 p.): Unit 1: Basic Knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD: Which is safer?

School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Students' Activities (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 79 p.)

Unit 1: Basic Knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD

		HIV/AIDS/STD - Basic questions and answers
		Looking into AIDS
		HIV, AIDS, STD - What do they mean?
		How a person gets HIV*
		You can’t get AIDS by...
		What do you believe?
		What would you do?
		What is your risk?
		Are you at risk?
		Protect yourself against AIDS
		Dear Doctor Sue
		Which is safer?
		What happens with HIV infection?
		How do you know if you have HIV/AIDS?
		Testing for HIV
		Test: What you know...about testing
		AIDS help - Who? Where?
		You be the doctor
		Are you a responsible person?

Which is safer?

Why?

It is important for you to know ways that you can protect yourself from HIV/STD. It is also necessary to know that some ways of protecting yourself are better than others.

How?

1. Read and discuss with your teacher possible ways to protect yourself in “Protection against HIV/STD”.

2. Then, in the “Method” column of the table below, write the method that is most safe at the top. Then put the second most safe, etc., down to the least safe method.

3. In the “Problem” column, list any problems with the method that might cause a person to get HIV.

Protection against HIV/STD

Reduce the number of sexual partners

Know the other person’s sexual history

Show affection without having sexual intercourse (petting, kissing, touching)

Have only one sexual partner

Abstain from sexual intercourse

Use a condom every time you have sex

Get tested for HIV

SAFEST

Method	Problem(s)

LEAST SAFE