Table 1.
Wake Up Curriculum Outline and Components
Module | Title | Components |
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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 |