Promote more positive attitudes about choosing not to have sex and using condoms if having sex
Increase students’ belief in their ability to refuse sexual intercourse or unprotected sexual intercourse, use a condom, and communicate about safer sexual practices
Decrease perceived barriers to condom use
Increase awareness of sexual coercion and acquaintance rape
Align students’ perceptions of risk for HIV and other STD based on their risk behavior
National Health Education Performance Indicators for Grades 9-12
Component 2- Community/Environmental Health
Discuss your relationship to and responsibility in the community, including enhancing personal health
Distinguish agencies that can come to the aid of individuals in need
Component 3- Disease and Disorders
Review the various pathogens and the functions of the immune system
Distinguish between effective techniques to avoid spreading HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases including abstinence and effective, consistent condom use
Component 4- Family/Social Life
Discover how responsible sexual behaviors can impact lives positively
Explore the information on STD’s, HIV, and AIDS, the prevention, the methods of transmission and the progression of the diseases
Demonstrate refusal, negotiation and collaboration skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks
Discuss what choices an individual has in preventing pregnancy and reducing the risk of STD’s and HIV (ex. Abstinence and effective condom use)
