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: 17 AIDS help - Who? Where?

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

17 AIDS help - Who? Where? - Where help can be found

Friends, teacher or counsellor, family, religious leader, medical centre, STD or health clinic, AIDS hot line

Purpose

Information on help sources for HIV/AIDS/STD is essential for young people. Some students may develop AFRAIDS (acute fear regarding AIDS) and may need help and counselling.

What the teacher does

1. Decide how to teach this activity.

a) Pass out the activity sheet to each student and have them work individually, in pairs or in small groups to provide the answers to the four situations.
b) Read each situation to the students and ask them the questions. If they don’t know the answers, provide the information for them.

Note: In some cases, the answers for all four situations will be the same.

2. Be sure, before doing this activity, to identify the sources of help in your own community.

Additional preparation

Be sure to find sources of help if they are not available in your community (i.e. the nearest source of help; informed people in the community).