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This guide is the result of a series of workshops conducted in 2009 and 2010 by young people in Romania, India, Mexico and Canada. During these workshops, the authors identified gaps in the information young people have regarding sexual health and drug use. They also identified the best ways to talk about drug use and sexual health among young peers. This guide provides information, practical activities, and resources to facilitate youth-led peer trainings. …
Objective: University-based peer health education is a recent development in China. The authors evaluated a newly implemented program in the Guangdong province. Participants and Methods: In September 2006, the authors conducted a crosssectional study using self-administered questionnaires on 30 peer educators and 247 students. Results: All peer educators and the majority of student respondents positively evaluated the program. Although students preferred to seek health information online, approximately one-quarter of the student respondents would contact peer educators. …
Purpose: To describe the implementation and evaluation of an adolescent reproductive health peer education program in West Africa. The program, known as the West African Youth Initiative (WAYI), was developed to improve knowledge of sexuality and reproductive health, and promote safer sex behaviors and contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents in Nigeria and Ghana. …
This document focuses on health clubs, which consists of a group of students/pupils who: - Are determined to control and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through peer education, life skills education and sexual reproductive health; - Have decided to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and help other people to do the same; - May be living positively with HIV/AIDS and are determined to encourage others to do the same; - Are determined to challenge prejudices and fears which stigmatize infected people; - Are prepared to help people to develop and practice understanding, support, and a sense of communi …
Background: This paper reports case study findings on how a school in Tanzania is attempting to integrate HIV/AIDS education. Methods: Interviews were held with the principal, 8 teachers, 8 pupils, the school nurse and 4 parents; observation of school environment and document analysis of posters, text books and school calendar was carried out to see evidence of HIV/AIDS activities in the school. Results: HIV/AIDS is integrated in the school curricula and some teachers have incorporated participatory pedagogy. However teachers lack support and teaching materials. …
Zimbabwe introduced a nation-wide program to teach AIDS education in 1994. This paper evaluates changes in student teachers' level of knowledge about transmission, symptoms and prevention of STDs and HIV/AIDS; their attitude towards persons living with AIDS; and their sensitivity to the impact of the epidemic and to discussing and teaching about these issues. There was an increase in knowledge of HIV prevention and in teachers' ability to discuss reproductive health and sexual issues. …
O Ministério da Educação e o Ministério da Saúde apresentam às instituições de educação, saúde e organizações da sociedade civil as diretrizes norteadoras do Projeto "Saúde e Prevenção nas Escolas" (SPE). Esse Projeto conta com o apoio da UNESCO - Organizações das Nações Unidas para a Educação a Ciência e a Cultura - do UNICEF - Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância e do UNFPA - Fundo de População das Nações Unidas, no planejamento, na execução, no monitoramento e na avaliação das ações desenvolvidas em âmbito federal, estadual e municipal. …
O propósito da série Adolescentes e Jovens para a Educação entre Pares, do Projeto Saúde e Prevenção nas Escolas (SPE), propósito não é ser apenas mais um conjunto de fascículos, e sim trazer provocações e aprofundar o conhecimento que os(as) adolescentes e jovens têm a respeito de temas presentes em toda a sociedade, e que, muitas vezes, são tratados de maneira equivocada ou com preconceitos. Ao mesmo tempo, deseja orientar o trabalho por meio de oficinas, debates e leituras. Pretende, também, provocar reflexões e instigar o diálogo sobre as temáticas do SPE dentro das escolas brasileiras. …
This series of Girls' Success Mentoring Guides is a tool to help mentors in their journey. These guides serve as road maps for them. They provide ideas for helping girls as they go through school and become young adults. The first section of each Guide talks about being a mentor and how to prepare for mentoring activities. Later sections talk about issues that are important to girls. This Guide describes life skills. These are the basic skills to help girls make good decisions as they become adults and plan for their futures. …
Este documento fue publicado en 2002 por la Cruz Roja Juventud. Esta guía se centra fundamentalmente en la prevención que se puede lograr a través del marco de la educación sexual y se dirige a los educadores y las educadoras. Con este guía, los autores quisieran lograr tres objetivos. El primero es que los educadores, y el resto de las personas que lean esta guía, asuman que son piezas claves en la prevención. El secundo objetivo es proponer elementos informativos y metodológicos que permitan realizar esta tarea con eficacia. …
This thematic study is about the link between health, social issues and secondary education. The study is based on country studies in six Sub Saharan Africa countries (Eritrea, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania) and a literature review. It looks at the role of secondary education and training in promoting health, civics and life skills among the African youth. …
This study, commissioned by the Association of African Universities, was conducted to identify the strengths, constraints and opportunities for addressing the human resource and policy challenges occassioned by the HIV and AIDS pandemic. A sample of between 12 and 15 institutions which exemplified best practices in the response to HIV and AIDS in Africa was identified. In documenting and disseminating these examples, it is hoped that other institutions will benefit from the sharing of new knowledge and contribute to the overall strengthening of the response to the epidemic. …
This manual is developed for youth peer leaders and dedicated to the young people of adolescent age who are sexually active and need to know practical guidance for dealing with natural reproductive changes during puberty. Its is divided into nine chapters and each chapter included a detailed instructions and suitable activities to understand the sexual behaviour of young men and women. Questionaires also provided to evaluate the knowledge about sexual and reproductive health.
Multisectoral responses to mobile populations' HIV vulnerability: examples from People's Republic of China, Thailand and Viet Nam
The aim of this manual is to introduce teachers and others who work with young people to a way of teaching drug education and other health issues such as HIV/AIDS based on the development of links between knowledge, value and skills. …
