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. 2013 Aug 20;29(1):166–181. doi: 10.1093/her/cyt072

Table II.

‘Let Us Protect Our Future!’ curriculum modules, activities and variables targeted

Module Module title Activities Variables targeteda
1. Getting to know you
  1. Welcome and program overview

  2. Talking circle [33]

  3. Creating group rules and guidelines [33]

  4. ‘Let Us Protect Our Future!’ brainstorm

  5. Goals and dreams timeline [33]

  6. Obstacles to goals and dreams and your personal shield

  1. Confidence that they can protect their future

  2. Goal setting and plans for goal achievement

  3. Unprotected sex outcome expectancy and ways to overcome obstacles to goal achievement

2. Single gender Puberty and adolescent sexuality (male version and female version)
  1. Preparing for single gender session

  2. Understanding reproductive anatomy and discussion [32]

  3. Barriers to parent–child communication

  4. Preparing for the group session

  5. Doing homework with my parents

  6. Importance of talking with your parents and homework role-plays [31]

  7. Talking circle [33]

  • (B) Reproductive health knowledge

  • (C) Self-efficacy for parent-child communication

  • (E) Self-efficacy for parent-child communication

  • (F) Self-efficacy for parent-child communication

3. Single gender What it means to be a young man/woman (male version and female version)
  1. Welcome back and important points from previous modules

  2. Homework review

  3. Preparing for single gender session

  4. What it means to be young men and women

  5. E. Exploring sexual messages in the media

  • (B) Self-efficacy for parent–child communication

  • (C) Self-pride

  • (E) Attitudes toward women

4. Romantic relationships and being in love
  1. Preparing for group session

  2. What is a relationship

  3. Choosing the right partner

  4. Stop, think and act

  5. Stop, think and act case study

  6. Day 2 homework assignment

  7. G. Talking circle [33]

  • (C) Self-efficacy to avoid risky situations

  • (D) Abstinence refusal skills, condom-use impulse control beliefs

  • (E) Abstinence refusal skills, condom-use impulse control beliefs

5. Consequence of sex: HIV infection
  1. Welcome back and important points from previous modules

  2. Homework review

  3. Acknowledging the threat of HIV/AIDS [34]

  4. Discussing HIV and AIDS

  5. HIV risk continuum [33]

  • (B) Condom-use prevention beliefs, hedonistic beliefs, partner reaction beliefs

  • (C) Condom-use prevention beliefs, perceived vulnerability to HIV/STD and HIV/STD risk-reduction knowledge

  • (D) Abstinence prevention beliefs, condom-use prevention beliefs and HIV/STD risk-reduction knowledge

  • (E) HIV/STD risk-reduction knowledge, outcome expectancy regarding multiple partnerships

6. Consequences of sex: STDs and unplanned pregnancy
  • (A) How AIDS affects our future

  • (B) STD brainstorm and discussion [32]

  • (C) Transmission game [33]

  • (D) Myths and facts about pregnancy [32]

  • (F) Doing homework with my parents

  • (G) Talking circle [33]

  1. Unprotected sex outcome expectancy and perceived vulnerability to HIV/STD

  2. STD knowledge, condom-use prevention beliefs, hedonistic beliefs, partner reaction beliefs

  3. Abstinence prevention beliefs, condom-use prevention beliefs, outcome expectancy regarding multiple partnerships, perceived vulnerability to HIV/STD and HIV/STD risk-reduction knowledge

  4. Pregnancy prevention knowledge, condom-use prevention beliefs, hedonistic beliefs, partner reaction beliefs

7. Responding to risk situation
  1. Welcome back and talking circle

  2. Homework review

  3. The long walk home: understanding risky situations

  4. Peer pressure

  5. Introduction to SWAT [33]

  1. Self-efficacy to avoid risky situations

  2. Abstinence refusal skills, gender and intergenerational relationship power

  3. Abstinence and condom-use negotiation self-efficacy and skills

8. Taking care of your future
  1. Exploring the pressures of dating

  2. Knowing and setting physical limits [34]

  3. Learning more about options for safety and protection

  4. Steering clear of risky sexual situations

  5. Review Day 4 take-home assignment

  6. Talking circle [33]

  1. Self-efficacy to avoid risky situations, abstinence refusal skills

  2. Normative beliefs regarding parents’ approval of sex, abstinence refusal skills

  3. Normative beliefs regarding parents’ approval of sex, abstinence behavioral beliefs, condom-use prevention belief, self-efficacy to avoid risky situations, self-efficacy to refuse sex and unprotected sex

  4. Self-efficacy to avoid risky situations

9. Abstinence and you
  1. Welcome and talking circle

  2. Homework review

  3. What does abstinence mean?

  4. What's an abstinence anyway? [34]

  5. Benefits of abstinence [34]

  6. Forced choice—attitudes about HIV and abstinence [34]

  • (E) Abstinence behavioral beliefs

  • (F) Abstinence behavioral beliefs

10. Correct condom use
  1. Discussing condoms

  2. Condom-use skills [32]

  3. What gets in the way of caring behavior

  4. How to make condoms fun and pleasurable [32]

  5. Condom line-up [32]

  6. Doing homework with my parents

  7. Talking circle [33]

  • (B) Condom-use prevention beliefs

  • (B) Condom-use prevention beliefs, hedonistic beliefs and condom-use technical skills beliefs

  • (C) Condom-use hedonistic beliefs, partner reaction beliefs, condom-use negotiation beliefs

  • (D) Condom-use hedonistic beliefs and partner reaction beliefs

  • (E) condom-use knowledge

11. Talking With Your Partner
  1. Welcome and talking circle [33]

  2. Homework review

  3. Review S, W, A of SWAT

  4. Review the ‘T’ of SWAT

  5. Practicing the SWAT technique [32]

  • (E) Condom-use partner reaction beliefs, condom-use negotiation skills beliefs

12. Moving toward your future
  1. Unscripted SWAT role-plays [32]

  2. Tips for healthy relationships

  3. Spin the bottle review game

  4. Session closing-yarn ball

  5. Graduation

  • (A) Condom-use hedonistic beliefs and condom-use negotiation skills beliefs

  • (C) Abstinence prevention beliefs, abstinence behavioral beliefs, self-efficacy to avoid risky situations, condom-use prevention beliefs, condom-use technical skills beliefs, condom-use negotiation skills beliefs and HIV/STD risk-reduction knowledge

aThe letters refer to the activity in the module that addresses the variable listed.