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Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only

AVAILABLE SPRING 2010!

The Evidence-Based Curriculum Proven Effective in
Reducing the Risk of HIV, STDs and Teen Pregnancy

Download a Module Outline Here!

Curriculum Goals and Objectives

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PHAT Abstinence-Only

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Basic Package

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$145
  • 225 Page Curriculum, activities, hand-outs, DVD clips (“Jesse” and “Robert Townsend’s Partner’s in Crime”), and posters
Full Package

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$513
  • 225 Page Curriculum, activities, hand-outs, DVD clips (“Jesse” and “Robert Townsend’s Partner’s in Crime”), and posters
  • 4 additional DVDs:
    • “What Kids Want To Know About Sex”
    • “STD 101″
    • “The Truth About HIV”
    • “The Truth About Sex”
Student Workbooks

$21.25/set of 5 (not yet available)
“Tempted to Trust”

Comic Books

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

AUTHORS

Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.

OVERVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM

In the Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only curriculum, students learn about puberty, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as HIV, and pregnancy prevention.

This is a very lively, exciting curriculum for students that is not a sit down and listen kind of program. It is very interactive and student-centric.

Features that make it unique from other Abstinence-Only programs are providing only medically accurate information, not suggesting abstinence-until-marriage, not making any moral judgments, including teen pregnancy along with HIV and STDs as an unwanted outcome, and homework assignments that involve talking to parents about tough subjects.
Students participate in Talking Circles, Brainstorming, and Role-Plays. The program also includes DVD videos, exercises, and games that make learning enjoyable. Most activities are brief and can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes. The information is serious and important, but presented in a way that students can learn together and enjoy themselves. Participants who completed the program in the Jemmotts’ study stated that they had a good time, learned a lot and would recommend the program to their friends.

Curriculum Objectives

After participating in the curriculum, students will be better able to:
  • Recognize Abstinence as the best way to avoid pregnancy and HIV/STDs
  • View Abstinence as a positive choice
  • Recognize teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and STDs as obstacles to their goals and dreams
  • Respond with confidence to pressures to have sex

Implementation of the Curriculum

Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only was designed to be used with small groups of adolescents in an urban area but can be adapted to be used with a larger number of participants in rural area as well. The curriculum can be implemented in various community settings, including schools or youth-serving agencies.

Format and Length

The Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only program is divided into eight 1-hour modules. Each module is set up in the same way. You should become familiar with the basic layout of the modules. This will help you get the most out of the information offered to you and help you use it effectively.
Below is an outline of the curriculum modules:

Module Outline:
  1. “Getting to Know You and Steps to Making Your Dreams Come True”
  2. “Puberty and Adolescent Sexuality”
  3. “Making Abstinence Work for Me”
  4. “Consequences of Sex: HIV/AIDS”
  5. “Consequences of Sex: STDs”
  6. “Consequences of Sex: Unplanned Pregnancy”
  7. “Improving Sexual Choices and Negotiation”
  8. “Role-Plays: Refusal and Negotiation Skills”

Special Considerations

The curriculum requires the use of a TV and DVD player or a computer.

Types of Activities

The Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only program includes learning activities such as small group discussions, videos, games, role-plays and homework assignments. Activities are desgined to help teens get the skills they need to negotiate and practice abstinence. These activities make teens aware of how choices about their sexual behavior can affect their health. The activities show that abstinence is the best way to avoid pregnancy and STDs, like HIV and AIDS.

Theoretical Framework used in Promoting Health Among Teens!

Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only draws upon these three theories: Social-Cognitive Theory, the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned Behavior. These theories have been shown to be of great value to understanding a wide range of health-related behaviors. All three theories emphasize the importance of beliefs about whether a given behavior will have negative or positive consequences.

STUDENT WORKBOOKS AVAILABLE IN JULY 2010

Comments

One Response to “Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only”
  1. Carole Walters says:
    March 26, 2010 at 9:09 am

    My organization is intersted in expanding our youth outreach. Please inform me as soon as the curriculum is published. Thank you for your work.

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