Worldwide, there are roughly 36 million people living with HIV – the virus that causes AIDS. African-Americans, while representing only 12 percent of the total US population, accounted for more than half of all new AIDS cases in this country last year.
There is still no cure for AIDS – but there is much more that we can do to prevent teens from contracting this fatal disease. The STD and AIDS Awareness Module teaches participants about HIV and AIDS, as well as about other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) including syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea. New research has found that people with genital ulcers, the majority of which are herpes sores, are 11 times more likely to later acquire HIV than those who don’t have ulcers.
By creating a forum in which young people feel more comfortable talking about their private affairs, they will be more apt to subsequently discuss these sensitive issues with their sexual partner, and perhaps move toward more regular HIV testing.
Click here to sample the YLA STD/AIDS Awareness module.
Sample Curriculum Guide This sample helps a teacher to prepare and begin teaching the STD and AIDS Awareness module.
Sample Instructor Notes include Objectives, Instructional Procedures, Assessments, Rubrics, and more - everything that is needed to prepare and teach each activity within the module.
