This presentation is part of the Family Life Education Teacher Capacity Program

1. Preventing HIV Infection

2. Agenda
1:00 WELCOME
1:25 Update on HIV/AIDS
2:10 Modeling: Defend that Line
3:05 BREAK
3:20 Modeling: The Risk Exercise
3:50 STI Handshake
4:15 Reflection and Evaluation
4:30 ADJOURN

3. Welcome
INTRODUCTIONS AND
OVERVIEW

4. Workshop Goals
• Increase Comfort Level about HIV
• Increase Knowledge about HIV
• Examine Attitudes and Beliefs
• Model Effective Teaching

5. Workshop Objectives
• Describe how widespread HIV is, its consequences,
modes of transmission and describe some effective
prevention strategies to reduce behaviors putting
adolescents at risk,
• Demonstrate essential skills for health behavior change
related to prevention and guide student practice of
these skills,
• Describe strategies for involving parents, families and
others in student learning of prevention education,
• Teach and model HIV/STI prevention to students of
various cultural backgrounds, abilities, language skills,
using interactive teaching methods for prevention
education, such as role-plays or cooperative groups.

6. Introductions
• Facilitator(s)
• Staff
• Participants
– Name
– Grade/Level
– School Affiliation

7. Working Agreement
• Maintain confidentiality • Avoid making assumptions
• Respect each other’s point of about other members of the
view; recognize that we all group
have some biases • Share responsibility for what
• Speak for yourself—use ―I‖ gets learned today
language; take some risks to be • Ask any questions--there are no
honest dumb questions
• Be nonjudgmental; no put- • Share the time; participate as
downs; be constructive while much as possible
giving each other feedback • ELMO (Enough, lets move on)
• Listen with an open mind • Use discretion with self-
• Recognize that some conflict disclosure
can be helpful and that we • Have fun
should not always avoid it • The Vegas Rule (What happens
• Pass if you feel uncomfortable in Vegas . . .)

8. Activity
UPDATE ON HIV AND AIDS

9. HIV and AIDS Knowledge
• Form a group with two or three people
sitting close to you.
• Take three minutes to think of any facts
you know about HIV or AIDS.
• List these and choose a reporter to explain
your facts to the group.

10. HIV and AIDS
• Human
• Immunodeficiency
• Virus
• Acquired
• Immune
• Deficiency
• Syndrome

11. HIV Transmission
Fluids of Transmission Modes of Transmission
• HIV is present in most body • HIV is NOT a casual contact
fluids however it is only disease.
transmitted in four body fluids:
– Blood • Modes of Transmission
– Semen – Blood-to-Blood
– Vaginal Fluid – Mother-to-Child
– Breast Milk – Sex (Anal, Vaginal, Oral)
• Blood is the most infectious
• It is not who you are but
fluid.
what you DO that puts you
• HIV is NOT transmitted in
saliva, urine, sweat, or tears at risk for HIV!

12. Stages of HIV Infection
• Acute
• Asymptomatic
• Symptomatic
• AIDS

13. HIV Screening Options
Anyone who have ever had
unprotected sex or shared a needle
should be tested for HIV.
• Anonymous Testing
• Confidential Testing

14. • If at risk - testing can be helpful
• In Virginia, clinics provide free testing
– 3 – 6 months, antibodies develop
– ELISA – 99+ percent accurate
– Counseling before and after testing
– Blood test poses no risk
Virginia HIV/STD Hotline (800-533-4148)

15. HIV Data
• In 2009, there were 5 females and 15 males
between the ages of 0-19 diagnosed with
HIV/AIDS in Virginia. Although the number of
teen cases is low, the frequency of STDs among
youth remains high.
• In addition to current* drug (20%) and alcohol
(45%) use, many young people are sexually active
and engage in risky sexual behaviors. According to
the CDC, 46% of high school students are sexually
active (2009 YRBS data).
* ―Current‖ is defined as having had one drink or drug at least one time during the 30 days before the survey.

16. Factors Placing Females at Risk
• Female anatomy:
– Thin vaginal lining
– Cervical cells
• Low rate of
condom use;
older partners
• Anal intercourse
to prevent pregnancy

17. Activity
MODELING: DEFEND THAT
LINE

18. Defend that Line!

19. MODELING: THE RISK
EXERCISE

20. Determining Risk Level
• No Risk
• Low Risk
• High Risk

21. Activity
STI HANDSHAKE

22. Directions
• Draw one piece of paper from the container
but do not look at your paper until I say so.
• When I say so, get up and start walking
around the room.
• When I blow the whistle, stop and shake
hands with just one person near you and
remember the person.
• We will do this two more times and then you’ll
return to your seats.

23. Discussion Questions
• What did you learn from doing this exercise?
• Why did the two diseases spread so quickly?
• How could we slow the spread of the diseases?
• How did you like this Exercise?
• What does abstinence really mean?
• How comfortable would you be conducting this
exercise with students in your classroom?
• What would/could students learn from this
activity?

24. Questions and Evaluations