Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk: A Theoretical - ETR Associates

Table2-3Learning Objectives to Increase Condom Use (Continued)Specific BehaviorsStudents will beable to:Knowledge andPerceptions of RiskStudents will beable to:Attitudes, Valuesand BeliefsStudents will beable to:Effectively negotiatethe use of condomswith every partnerevery time, if havingsex.• Demonstrate steps to negotiatecondom use.• Plan ways to avoid having sex ifnegotiation of condom use fails.• View taking responsibilityfor sexualbehavior by negotiatingcondom usefavorably.• Personalize the valueof not having sexunless a condom isused.Establish intention touse a condom withpartner.• Demonstrate ways to communicateyour intentions to usecondoms to partner.• Generate personal decision to usecondoms.• Present reasons why it’s importantto communicate decision to usecondoms to your partner.• Analyze the benefits of communicatingdecisions to use condomswith a partner.• Demonstrate techniques for elicitingand hearing partners’ intentionsto use condoms.• Value the importanceof communicatingintentions to usecondoms to partners.• View talking aboutusing condoms withpartners favorably.• View willingness touse condoms as away of respectingeach other.Use a condomcorrectly.• Compose a list of steps for propercondom use.• Evaluate the condition of a condom.• Demonstrate how to correctlyapply a condom.• Demonstrate how to safelyremove a condom.• Compose a list ofbeliefs supportingcondom use.• Internalize valueof using condomscorrectly.Maintain condom usewith every partnerevery time they havesex.• Analyze the importance of usingcondoms with regular partners aswell as with casual partners.• Express favorableattitudes about usingcondoms with allpartners, including aregular partner.Perceptions ofPeer NormsStudents will beable to:• Conclude that sexuallyactive teens negotiatethe use of condoms.• Conclude that partnershould be willing to usecondoms.• Hold the belief thatmost sexually activeteens communicatetheir intentions to usecondoms with theirpartners.• Internalize the factthat teens use condomswith regular and casualpartners.• Conclude that mostteens feel it’s importantto use condoms withregular and casualpartners.Skills andSelf-efficacyStudents will beable to:• Negotiatecondom use witha partner.• Refuse to havesex if condomnegotiation fails.• Communicateintentions to usecondoms.• Use techniquesfor eliciting andhearing partners’intentions to usecondoms.• Use a condomcorrectly.• Use a condomwith regularpartners as wellas with casualpartners.IntentionsStudents will beable to:• Intend tonegotiatecondom use everytime they havesex.• Intend tonegotiate use ofcondoms withpartner.• Intend to use acondom correctly.• Intend to maintaincondom usewith every partnerevery timethey have sex.Parent-ChildCommunicationStudents will beable to:• Identify parents or otherpeople who will supporttheir decision to usecondoms.• Identify parents or otherpeople who will supporttheir decision to use condomsconsistently overtime.26 Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk: A Theoretical Guide for Developing and Adapting Curriculum-Based Programs