what should be taught at primary and secondary levels on the issue of hiv/aids
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How aids spreads and how the spreading of it can be prevented. This should be taught.\nAlso, what aids is, how it affects the human life. If possible, bringing volunteer patients into the classroom to share their own experiences would probably be effective. I'm not exactly sure about "primary level", though. Probably this should begin at grade 5 or so.
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https://umdrive.memphis.edu/tsalyer/public/%234%20DEMO%20LP-%20Corrie.doc\n\nthis is a great lesson plan that my friend did.  its for public use.  check it out.
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Only in that children are already more susceptable to illnesses due to less mature immune systems already. Children with HIV are usually born with it, therefore are probably already suffering from the symptoms
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Education...start with kids early. The family must be involved. Take the mystery away from sex and be open and honest about how this terrible disease is spread. Kids start having sex earlier than parents want to admit, and they have to face that fact. So, the parents must be educated, as well.\nFree condoms should be offered to teens, if anyone is sexually active, they should be taught the importance of having physicals every year, and being checked for the virus. The importance of abstinence until they really know their partner should also be reinforced. But in reality, we must realize that probably won't happen.\nI feel education is our number one intervention and should be started as early as children are able to understand.
530058
Learning is essential to proper development and to living in this wicked world.  Teaching must be done for one to learn.
641229
I am assuming you want to know why music, art, PE and health should be included in a school's curriculum.  It is obvious why all of these are needed in a person's daily life.  The main reason would be that most students probably will not have any other introduction into these important subjects other than through their classes at school.  What is a shame is that many schools are now eliminating most if not all of the above.  Wondering why you asked this question since it is a fairly obvious answer.
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If your sex-ed class includes talking about STDs, I know of a good activity you can use.\n\nHave several different types of candy to hand out to the class. (Like 6 hershey kisses, 5 jolly ranchers, 3 jawbreakers, etc)\n\nOnce everyone has a piece of candy, say "If you would like to trade candy with anyone, do it now. You have 5 seconds."\n\nOnce everyone has traded, say "Okay everyone who has a JOLLY RANCHER has a sexually transmitted disease (or you can use a specific one)."\n\nYou can make the number of "infected candies" proportional to STD statistics and the number of kids in your class.\n\nThis will teach them about the stats involved and how easily STDs can be "traded" between people.
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This is a pretty loaded question.  Regardless of what you teach, people can contract HIV.  In fact, the numbers in Africa are increasing among married women, who get it from their husbands who sleep with other women.  The same is common in India, where husband truck drivers contract HIV from prostitutes while waiting at truck stops (for days at a time in some places, like on the Bangladeshi border).\n\nCondoms are the most effective way (other than not having sex at all--whether single or married) to deal with HIV.  When you teach people to practice safe sex, you're gearing them with an important safety measure they'll carry with them for the rest of their lives.  Another way to fight AIDS is to try to deal with the devastating poverty that leads to the horrendous economic situations causing women to turn to prostitution, and desparation that causes the population to engage in risky behavior (as is the case in Russia, where HIV increased dramatically after the fall of communism and the collapse of the Soviet economy--widespread desperation led to a huge increase in recreational drug use--along with the unsafe practice of sharing needles).\n\nThe problem is alot more complicated than premarital sex, which, if practiced safely (condom, birth control, and STD testing), most often does not result in HIV, pregnancy, or other STDs for that matter.
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December 1st is world AIDS Day, how about an article of how it effecting Children in Africa (or about how gay teens are a growing segment of the infected).  I think we are tempted to write of HIV like it was yesterday, but it is still real, and people need to be reminded how to prevent it.
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The reason for the spread of HIV, where ever a person might live, is pretty much the people's own actions.  With the info we have now, barring blood transfusions (and even then rare since blood is tested) and freaky things like a maniac poking someone with an infected needle, the disease is almost 100% preventable. It is quite simple.  Don't hop into bed with everyone you see.  Don't do intravenous drugs.  How hard is that?
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Huge debate there... not sure where to start.\n\nPros:\n-Educates the masses about STDs.\n-Educates the masses on reproduction and general knowledge of health issues and care for ones reproductive system.\n-Takes the stress off of the parents who may feel too embarrased to discuss with thier children.\n-Offers relief to those who wonder if the changes they are experiencing are "normal".\n-Helps remove the shame western cultures have towards sexuality.\n-Demystifies controversial topics like homosexuality.\n-Give a third party the opportunity to observe behaviors in the student that may suggest sexual abuse.\n-Educates student on safety issues.\n\ncons:\n-Does not (and should not) explain moral issues.  This is the sole responsibility of the parent, not the government.\n-Does not give the parent the decision of what time is best for thier child to be exposed to sexual topics.\n-Does not (and should not) cover religious issues. Also the sole responsibility of the parent.\n-Invites curiosity in the students which might lead to experimentation.\n-Introduces students to topics that parents may not approve of, like homosexuality.\n-Depending on the maturity and psychological state of the student, could create fear or anxiety.\n\nMy personal opinion, I am pro-education on all topics.  My only request is that the schools let me know the curriculum and agenda so that I can cover the topics with my child first.  She should understand our families moral and religious views before she is introduced the topic by a stranger or government employee.
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i lost my virginity-unwillingly at age 12 then had sex for the first time at age 13 i am now 15 years old and 8 weeks pregnant i dont know what the chances are for gettin hiv or aids but i have already got an std so no i dont think they tell you enough information there should be much more about it and learning about the seriousness of having sex should start at an earlier age and you should get ALL the facts not just the one they feel are sutible for your age group
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Some parents have the misconception that if they ignore the "sex" issue that their children will not be curious about it. That is unfortunate. I had many young ladies come through the hospital where I used to work who were pregnant mostly because they were uneducated in the sexuality department.All children should be taught sex and they should be taught from the parents moral standards and background. I think some parents don't know how to approach the subject with their kids. I also think that many are uncomfortable with their own sexuality so it makes it very hard for them to talk to their kids and explain something that they are uncomfortable talking about themselves.
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Withh doctors in Africa. They tell men suffering from aids to rape young virgins. The purity of the virgins will make them pure. A lie from hell, destroying millions of lives and propergating the disease.
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Human immunodeficiency virus (commonly known as HIV, and formerly known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus) is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the human immune system such as CD4+ T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells. It also directly and indirectly destroys CD4+ T cells. As CD4+ T cells are required for the proper functioning of the immune system, when enough CD4+ T cells have been destroyed by HIV, the immune system functions poorly, leading to the syndrome known as AIDS. HIV also directly attacks organs, such as the kidneys, the heart and the brain leading to acute renal failure, cardiomyopathy, dementia and encephalopathy. Many of the problems faced by people infected with HIV result from failure of the immune system to protect from opportunistic infections and cancers.\n\nHIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid or breast milk. This transmission can come in the form of: penetrative (anal or vaginal) sex; oral sex; blood transfusion; contaminated needles; exchange between mother and infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding; or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.\n\nAIDS is thought to have originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century[1] and is now a pandemic. At the end of 2004, UNAIDS estimated that nearly 40 million people were currently living with HIV.[2] The World Health Organization estimated that the AIDS epidemic had claimed more than 3 million people and that 5 million people had acquired HIV in the same year. Currently it is estimated that 28 million people have died and that HIV is set to infect 90 million people in Africa, resulting in a minimum estimate of 18 million orphans in Africa alone.[2]
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I do believe it should be an automatic tests on the patients behalf.  This should of course be kept confidential.  But STD's and AIDS are rapidly overcoming young adults and it could be prevented in some cases just by being aware if you have it.
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http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/content/hiv-db/COMPENDIUM/1994/PART-III/HIVsubtypes94.pdf#search='HIV%20subtypes'\n\nhttp://www.avert.org/hivtypes.htm\n\nThese two sites have some pretty good stuff.