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: 19 Are you a responsible person? - Behavioural intent questions on personal responsibility

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

19 Are you a responsible person? - Behavioural intent questions on personal responsibility

Purpose

As a summary to this unit, students are asked a number of questions about their behaviour and their behavioural intent. Behavioural intent indications may be good motivators to produce desired behaviour in the future.

What the teacher does

1. Decide how to teach this activity.

a) Provide an activity sheet for each student and have them do the activity individually.
b) Read out each question and have students write 3 for yes (agree); 1 for uncertain and 0 for no (disagree). Only one activity sheet needed.
c) Write the questions on the board and have students do the activity individually (only one activity sheet needed).

2. Students should total their score and refer to their “Responsibility score”.

Yes	= 3 points
Uncertain	= 1 point
No	= 0 point

Responsibility score

33 - 36 points	Very responsible
30 - 33 points	Responsible
27 - 29 points	Somewhat responsible
24 - 26 points	Not very responsible
0-24 points	You are taking risks!
	Maybe you should think again.

Additional preparation

Introduce this activity by telling the students that this activity is private (confidential) and scores will not be seen by the teacher or other students (unless revealed by the student).