Training of Roma Health Mediators in Reproductive Health

SESSION 10: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
OBJECTIVES: By the end of the session, the participants should be able to:
1. Explain how STIs are transmitted from one person to another
2. Describe how sexually active people can reduce their risk of contracting STIs,
including HIV
3. Discuss basic facts about HIV transmission, prevention and testing
TRAINING METHODS: Card game, Discussion, Presentation, Exercise
TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes
MATERIALS:
Index Cards (one for each participant)
Papers with words “Myth” and “Truth”
Trainer documents:
• Myths and Truths About HIV/AIDS (statements)
• HIV/AIDS: What is True? What is False? (Sample Discussion Points)
Participant documents:
• Ways to Significantly Reduce the Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections
• How Is HIV/AIDS Spread?
INSTRUCTIONS:
I. STI TRANSMISSION (20 minutes)
[Note: The following activity is a good icebreaker, at the beginning of the session, to get
the group involved in discussion of STIs/HIV.]
Prepare index cards so that one index card has a small letter h, one card has a small letter
g, one card has a small letter c, and one card says “Do not accept signatures.” The rest of
the cards are blank.
Inform participants that they will play a game.
Exercise instructions:
1. Give each participant an index card. A few of the cards will be slightly different. (One
card has the letter h, one card has the letter g, and one card has the letter c, and one card
says “Do not shake hands with anyone.” The rest of the cards are blank.). Do not tell
participants that a few of the cards will be slightly different.
2. Quietly remind the person with the card that says “Do not shake hands with anyone” to
kindly refrain from shaking hands during the exercise. Then, in a loud voice, ask
participants to stand and move about the room and shake hands with three different
people in various parts of the room.
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RFHI/JSI Romania Training of RHMs in Reproductive Health Session 10: STIs