Transcript Day2.Module5

Day Two – Module 5
MAKING PROUD CHOICES – 8TH
STD FACTS
First – Brainstorm all the STDs you can think of.
 How do people get STDs?
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 Vaginal
intercourse (man’s penis in a woman’s
vagina)
 Oral sex (a person’s mouth on another person’s
genitals)
 Anal sex (a man’s penis in a person’s anus)
 Mother to child (pregnancy, birth, breast feeding)
 Sharing Needles
STD FACTS CONTINUED…
Anyone can contract an STD.
 Teens and young people are affected by STDs
more than any other age group.
 Each year, about 2/3 of people who get
gonorrhea and Chlamydia are 24 years of age
or younger.
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SYMPTOMS OF STDS
BURNING WHEN URINATING
 SORES, BLISTERS, WARTS, OR PIMPLES NEAR
THE GENITALS OR MOUTH
 UNUSUAL DISCHARGE FROM PENIS OR VAGINA
 RASH OR ITCHING IN THE GENTIAL AREA
 FREQUENT URINATION
 ABDOMINAL PAIN (IN WOMEN)
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HOW CAN YOU PREVENT YOURSELF FROM
GETTING AN STD?
Use a condom every time you have vaginal,
oral, or anal sex
 Abstain from vaginal, oral, and anal sex
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WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID STDS.
Increased risk of getting HIV
 Death (syphilis-if left untreated, AIDS)
 Blindness (syphilis – if left untreated)
 Paralysis (syphilis – if left untreated, AIDS)
 Brain damage (syphilis, AIDS)
 Cervical cancer (genital warts)
 Pelvic inflammatory disease (gonorrhea,
chlamydia)
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WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID STDS CONT….
Infertility (gonorrhea, chlamydia)
 Ectopic pregnancy – fetus develops outside uterus
and will not survive(gonorrhea, chlamydia)
 Chronic pelvic pain (PID)
 Liver disease (hepatitis B)
 Child born with STD or hurt by STD (blindness,
death)
 Embarrassment
 Loss of relationship
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BACTERIA
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These are curable.
Take medicines and
antibiotics to kill the
bacteria.
Chlamydia, gonorrhea,
syphilis.
VIRUS
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NOT CURABLE.
You can take medicine to
feel better but it will not kill
all of the virus. You will have
it for life.
Treat breakouts.
Genital warts, genital herpes,
HIV and Hepatitis B.
STD – VIRUS OR BACTERIA?
4 IMPORTANT STD FACTS TO KNOW
1. STDs increase the chance of HIV infection.
STDs sometimes cause blisters or sores on or
around the genitals.
 2. Often a person who has an STD will not have
any symptoms.
 3.STDs are sexist – they hurt women more than
men.
 4. ALL STDS are NOT Curable.
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FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS FROM STDS
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Why would it be difficult to tell your partner?
 Angry,
embarrassed, ashamed, afraid of losing
them
-How would you feel if you had an STD?
- angry, embarrassed, dirty, ashamed, afraid,
depressed
- If you got an STD who would you be angry at?
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- YOURSELF – you are responsible for your actions
WATCH VIDEO “THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX”
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How did you feel when you learned that Dottie was living
with HIV?
How did the teens react when they found out Dottie was
living with HIV?
How does AIDs affect Lisa?
How did the teens feel as they waited for the results of
the “mock” HIV tests?
How would you feel if you had to wait for the results of
an HIV test?
What is the most effective way to prevent getting an
STD, including HIV?
ACTIVITY B: TRANSMISSION GAME
Help to understand the potential ease of
transmission of an STD or HIV if responsible
behavior is not practiced.
 Pass out cards
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Ds, 8 Cs, 16 Us
 Follow instructions.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM ACTIVITY?
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One person can infect many by passing the diseases to
someone who passes it on to the next person
STDs can be spread through unprotected vaginal, oral,
and anal sex.
People have sex not only with their partners, but also
with their partner's past sexual partners.
Using latex condoms can prevent STD transmission
You can’t tell just by looking at someone who is infected
and who isn’t.
It may not be east to talk bout using condoms
ACTIVITY C; WHAT I THINK ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND
SAFER SEX
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I will be reading some statements. If you agree
with them please go over and stand under the
“agree” sign. If you do not agree with them,
please stand under the “disagree” sign.