Table 1.
Health Promotion Curriculum Outline
| Session 1: Module 1 (Couples Group) “Getting to Know You” and Module 2 (Single-Gender Group) “Assessing One’s Health” | |
| A. Welcome and Program Overview | |
| B. Talking Circle | |
| C. Creating Group Guidelines | |
| D. Brainstorming 1) Health Problems That Affect the African-American Community and 2) Health Concerns Related to HIV | |
| E. Health Risk Assessment | |
| F. Overview and Discussion of Prevention, Screening, and Treatment/Adherence | |
| G. Personal Health Goal Setting | |
| H. Barriers to Attaining Goals and Ways of Surmounting those Barriers | |
| I. J. Talking Circle | |
| Session 2: Modules 3 and 4 (Couples Alone) “Tailoring Exercise and Nutrition for Prevention” | |
| □ | Nutrition and exercise as related to hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and diarrhea/wasting |
| □ | Food Pyramid |
| □ | Cooking strategies, including food safety/preparation and water purification |
| □ | Aerobic and strength-building exercise strategies |
| Session 3: Modules 5 and 6 (Couples Alone): “Tailoring Prevention and Screening” | |
| □ | Breast Self Exams (Skill-building) |
| □ | Testicular Self Exams (Skill-building) |
| □ | Oral Hygiene (Personal Assessment and Skill-building) |
| □ | Review of impact of cigarette smoking, alcohol, and drugs on health |
| □ | Smoking (Personal Assessment and Discussion) |
| □ | Alcohol (Personal Assessment and Discussion) |
| □ | Drugs (Personal Assessment and Discussion) |
| □ | Strategies For Reducing the Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Drugs |
| Session 4: Modules 7 and 8 (Couples Alone): “Tailoring Compliance/Adherence” | |
| Module 7 “Medical Compliance” | |
| □ | Barriers to Physician Care |
| □ | Communication with Provider (physician, dentist, pharmacist) |
| □ | Advocacy for Self Care |
| □ | How To Be An Effective Patient: Getting Your Needs Met |
| Module 8 “Medication Compliance” | |
| □ | Barriers to medication compliance and ways of overcoming those barriers |
| □ | Access to Medication |
| □ | Medication side effects |
| □ | Mental health |
| □ | Body Image |
| □ | Complementary Health Behaviors |
| Session 5: Modules 9 and 10 (Couples Group): “Exercise and Nutrition Prevention” | |
| □ | Nutrition and exercise as related to hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and diarrhea/wasting |
| □ | Food Pyramid |
| □ | Cooking strategies, including food safety/preparation and water purification |
| □ | Aerobic and strength-building exercise strategies |
| Session 6: Module 11 (Couples Group) and Module 12 (Single-Gender Group) “Prevention and Screening” | |
| Module 11 (Couples Group) “Prevention” | |
| □ | Impact of cigarette smoking, alcohol, and drugs on health, including heart disease, certain cancers, liver disease, hepatitis C, and HIV |
| □ | Oral Hygiene [introduced as a concept under smoking] |
| □ | Strategies For Reducing the Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Drugs |
| Module 12 (Single-Gender Group) “Screening” | |
| □ | Pap smears/gynecological care as related to cancer and HIV |
| □ | Prostate cancer screening |
| □ | Breast Self Exams |
| □ | Testicular Self Exams |
| □ | Mammograms |
| Session 7: Modules 13 and 14 (Couples Group): “Compliance/Adherence” | |
| Module 13 “Medical Compliance” | |
| □ | Barriers to Physician Care |
| □ | Communication with Provider (physician, dentist, pharmacist) |
| □ | Advocacy for Self Care |
| □ | How To Be An Effective Patient: Getting Your Needs Met |
| Module 14 “Medication Compliance” | |
| □ | Barriers to medication compliance and ways of overcoming those barriers |
| □ | Access to Medication |
| □ | Medication side effects |
| □ | Mental health |
| □ | Body Image |
| □ | Complementary Health Behaviors |
| Session 8: Modules 15 and 16 (Couples Alone) “Behavior Change Maintenance” | |
| □ | Review of Prevention |
| □ | Review of Screening |
| □ | Review of Adherence |
| □ | Maintenance |
| □ | Relapse Prevention |