This month’s School Health Programs Department campaign focuses on HIV prevention education. Schools participate in a variety of activities to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1st including Names Project quilt displays, HIV prevention educational theater performances, and classroom presentations by community based organizations.
POSITIVE VALUES
Asset #26-Caring, #30-Responsibility, #31-Restraint:
A young person places high value on helping other people while accepting and taking responsibility for his/her actions. Schools can provide opportunity for students to show empathy for others by displaying the names quilt, writing holiday cards or get well cards for others.
Asset Building
Activities
Asset #26- Foster caring by creating a safe place where youth can share their own stories of family or friends who are living with HIV/AIDS. Brainstorm with youth how the school community can create a safe and welcoming place for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Asset #30 – Build personal responsibility by organizing a youth debate this month with topics like Should athletes who are HIV positive be allowed to participate in sports?
Asset #31- Discuss appropriate health education lessons and prevention strategies by contacting community based organizations to address HIV education. See the Approved Speakers List for Human Sexuality. The list was given to all Elementary Health Advocates and all members of the Middle School Healthy School Team, and High School Health Promotion Committee.
Other Youth Development Activities
to Implement Health Awareness:
Conduct an activity for youth to learn about local support services. Have students access the Youthline website http://www.youthline.org/ or call the youth line hotline at 1-888-977-3399. (see Youthline above) Contact: Mission Neighborhood Health Center, Gabriela Bernal (415) 552-3870
Submit an application to SHPD to host a panel of the Names Project AIDS quilt or have students make their own version of AIDS quilt with names of friends and family.
Have students research the World AIDS epidemic by category (women, ancestry, culture, famous people).
Study art that conceptualizes effects of AIDS (Truth Campaigns www.thetruth.com, Keith Haring).
Create a bulletin board display with materials provided by School Health Programs Department.
For more resources visit the World Aids Campaign Website
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