a sourcebook of hiv/aids prevention programs volume 2

The Rapid Results Initiative, Eritrea 35• Communication skills• Coping with stress and emotions.Production of the training manuals was a continuous process, with fresheditions prepared for each new phase of the program. New editions tookinto account the aims and objectives of the phase as well as the lessonslearned during the previous phase. Manuals also took students’ knowledgeof HIV (assessed through preprogram surveys) into account. For example,as the program was expanded from secondary schools to junior high schools,it was important to ensure that the delivery of materials was age appropriate.At the junior high level, activities focus on abstinence messages. At thesecondary level, activities focus on Abstinence, Being faithful, and Condomuse (ABC).Peer educators received activity sheets to help them conduct activities withtheir groups (box 2.2). Both teachers and peer educators were given informativebrochures and magazines to share with community members and peers.In addition to the training manual, RRI developed a manual for usewithin schools. It included age-appropriate activities such as case studies,dramas, games, group discussions, and role-plays.Box 2.2: Sample Activity: Transmission and Prevention of HIVObjective: To explain how HIV is transmitted and preventedTime: 40 minutesInstruction: Students are divided into groups to read and discuss a case study and thenanswer questionsMaterials: Copies of the following case study:Rahel is a 16-year-old girl who lives with her aunt. She has had several unprotectedsexual encounters. Last week she attended a seminar organized by the health club atschool about ways HIV is transmitted and prevented. Since then she has started toworry about her situation.Questions: Students are asked to answer the following questions and present their answersto the class for further discussion:1. Why do you think Rahel started to worry?2. If you were Rahel, what would you do?3. What advice would you give Rahel?Learning: After students present their answers, the activity is concluded by presenting thefollowing learning points:• HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted through unprotected sexual contacts withinfected people; contact with infected blood; use of unsterilized instruments, such assyringes, needles, and razor blades; and during birth, when it is transmitted from infectedmothers to their babies.• Abstinence and avoidance of unprotected contact with blood-contaminated objects is thebest way to avoid HIV infection.(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank