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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar;17(3):1105–1115. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0129-2

Table 1.

Wake Up Curriculum Outline and Components

Module Title Components
1 Getting to know you – me and my life Introduction of program and participants
Established group rules
Introduce “Wake Up” theme
Identify participants’ short and long term life goals, obstacles to goals, and their solutions.
2 Risky behaviours Potential impact of HIV on family and community
HIV stigma
Risk behaviours
3 Learning about sexually transmitted diseases STDs and their consequences
Asymptomatic STDs
Spread of STD in a social network.
4 Understanding pressures and knowing barriers Sexual risk situations
Peer pressure
Triggers
5 Understanding abstinence Diversity of sexual expression
Sexual limits
Outcome expectancies regarding abstinence
6 Correct condom use Correct use of male and female condoms
Outcome expectancies regarding condoms
Making condom use fun and pleasurable.
7 Role-plays: refusal and negotiation skills Condom use communication and negotiation skills
Resisting peer and partner pressure
8 Review and closing Review safer sex, HIV, and STDs
Commitment to safer sex
Closing ceremony