Document 2234
 DOCN  M94A2234
 TI    Participative health education programs: youth and STD/AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Moura G; Neumann E
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):350 (abstract no. PD0008). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370341
 AB    The objective of this project is the production of pedagogical materials
       to be used in STD/AIDS education programs directed toward children and
       adolescents from low income and high-risk backgrounds. Using a
       participative education process, both the youth and the health educator
       team were involved in the planning, execution and evaluation of the
       materials developed. In the first phase, a comic book about sexuality,
       STDs and AIDS was produced, incorporating the youth's language and
       values. In the second phase, an educational video is being made based
       upon a story developed collectively by the youth. In the final phase,
       teams of the youth and health educators will use these materials in
       prevention/education activities in institutions, schools, and various
       communities, including the streets. This experience shows that health
       education and prevention programs can be more effective when built upon
       the active participation of the target population to whom they are
       directed. As a result, governmental programs should focus more attention
       on horizontal and transversal, rather than vertical, intervention
       strategies.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       Child  *Health Education  Human  Poverty  Program Development  Risk
       Factors  Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Teaching
       Materials  MEETING ABSTRACT

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