School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Teachers' Guide (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 117 p.): Unit 1. Basic knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD: 1 HIV/AIDS/STD basic questions and answers

School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Teachers' Guide (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 117 p.)

Unit 1. Basic knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD

		(introduction...)
		1 HIV/AIDS/STD basic questions and answers - What is HIV/AIDS/STD?
		2 Looking into AIDS - Fun test on HIV/AIDS/STD
		3 HIV/AIDS/STD - What do they mean? - Definitions of HIV/AIDS/STD
		4 How a person gets HIV - Information on transmission
		5 You can’t get AIDS by... - Ways HIV is not transmitted
		6 What do you believe? - Short test on transmission
		7 What would you do? - Case studies on transmission
		8 What is your risk? - Evaluating risk behaviours
		9 Are you at risk (part 1)
		Are you at risk (part 2)
		Are you at risk (part 3) - Evaluating risk behaviours and accumulated risks
		10 Protect yourself against AIDS - Information sheet on protection
		11 Dear Doctor Sue - Letters on protection
		12 Which is safer? - Evaluating ways of protection
		13 What happens with HIV infection? - Information on signs and symptoms
		14 How do you know if you have HIV/AIDS? - Case studies on signs and symptoms
		15 Testing for HIV - Basic information on testing
		16 Test: What you know about testing - Short test on testing for HIV
		17 AIDS help - Who? Where? - Where help can be found
		18 You be the doctor - Case studies on drug use
		19 Are you a responsible person? - Behavioural intent questions on personal responsibility

1 HIV/AIDS/STD basic questions and answers - What is HIV/AIDS/STD?

Purpose

To present basic information about HIV/AIDS/STD. Students need to be familiar with the terms that will be used in the rest of the programme and understand why the programme is important to them. Teachers will get a clear idea of the level of knowledge, attitudes and possibly some of the fears of their students.

What the teacher does

This lesson could be developed in a number of ways:

1. Provide copies for each student, read the questions and the answers and provide additional explanation on new words.
2. Eight students ask one question each and the teacher responds to each question with the correct answer.
3. Leave the answers to each question blank and have the students provide the answers which they write into the spaces. This can be done individually, in groups or as a class activity.
4. The teacher could read each question and ask students for the answers.

Additional information

Since there may be additional questions from students when you do this activity, it would be important to read Questions on HIV/AIDS/STD in this guide.