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Elementary School-based HIV prevention education

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Elementary School-based HIV prevention education

Introduction

HIV-prevention is important if the global efforts to eradicate AIDS epidemic will be realistic . A school based programme is also essential as most school age children are adolescents and new HIV infection (incidence ) is common among adolescents of school age and providing such with prevention education empowers them towards personal protection . Furthermore , it is important as school students are more eager to learn new information and the school is a veritable avenue to reach large population of young

people (Wilson , 2010 . There are two major packages involved in HIV prevention education in schools namely the abstinence and comprehensive packages . The abstinence package is limited in that it only emphasises benefits of delaying sex till marriage without emphasis on how to protect students if he or she chooses to have sex . The comprehensive approach promotes delayed sex initiation while it also educates on significance of condom use . There are various ways a teacher can add HIV education to health classroom curriculum

Consideration in adding HIV education to health classroom curriculum

Adding an HIV prevention school curriculum demands a consideration of existing local guidelines and legislation that directs the type and scope of HIV prevention or sex education that can be given in that locality . The cultural consideration is also important as there are usually cultural differences regarding issues that can be compulsorily part of HIV prevention education , for instance , human sexuality . A sound awareness of prevailing cultural and religious beliefs...

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