a sourcebook of hiv/aids prevention programs volume 2

The Expanded Life Planning Education Program (ELPE), Nigeria 191LPE education by talking with their children about related issues at home.Second, parents who oppose the program can prevent their children fromtaking part in LPE activities (parents’ permission for students’ participationin LPE activities is always sought). Parental involvement took placeduring different stages of program development and implementation,including the needs assessment/baseline survey, stakeholders’ conference,and interim evaluation.Community advocacy strategies have included the following:• Convening of advocacy meetings with community opinion leaders andreligious leaders• Use of interviews and focus group discussions during program designprocesses• Broadcasting of radio and television jingles• Broadcasting of dramas and mini-dramas on television• Inclusion of LPE talks at PTA meetings• Organization of road shows, outreach efforts, mini-conferences, informalseminars, films, concerts, and drama presentations.Results of advocacyWhen the program began, it encountered resistance from religious leadersand others. Since then advocacy activities have led to wide acceptance of theprogram. Advocacy measures have resulted in the following:• Establishment of LPE coordinating units in the ministries of educationand health• Integration of LPE into the curriculum and timetable, so that it is nowtaught as a required subject in secondary schools in Oyo State• Acceptance of and cooperation with the program by communities• Replication of the program in other states in Nigeria.CostsDuring the period 1999–2003, ELPE benefited about 425,000 youngpeople and 7,000 adults, at a cost of less than $800,000 ($1.78 per person)(tables 9.1 and 9.2).(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank