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: Are you at risk (part 2)

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

Are you at risk (part 2)

What the teacher does

1. Decide how to teach this activity.

a) Give each student an activity sheet and have them follow the instructions.
b) Divide the class into small groups and assign a peer leader for each.
c) Draw the diagram on the blackboard and read out the description of each person. Have the students discuss amongst themselves or in their group the unsafe behaviours for each person. Then have them rank the four people according to their behaviour, from safest to least safe (1-4). Only one activity sheet is needed if (c) is used.

- Person A: wet kissing and possibly touching genitals
- Person B: sex without a condom; boyfriend has used unsterilized needles and has had sex with a number of sexual partners without using a condom
- Person C: unsterilized needles for ear-piercing; sex with a condom
- Person D: no risk behaviours

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2. Discuss the answers to the question under “Teacher asks”.

What would the person in box 4 (B) have to do to reduce her chance of getting HIV/AIDS/STD?

Answers will vary but they could include: not have sex; use a condom; ask her boyfriend to get tested; have non-penetrative sex.

Additional preparation

You must decide how you are going to form groups. It is better if the teacher does this rather than allowing students to form their own groups. Groups should be no larger than 6. You should determine beforehand which peer leader will be with which group.