Stay Healthy: A Gender Transformative HIV Prevention Curriculum for Youth in Namibia
The RESPOND Project is pleased to announce its latest collaborative product Stay Healthy: A Gender Transformative HIV Prevention Curriculum for Youth in Namibia. Developed with in partnership with LifeLine/ChildLine in Namibia, this prototype curriculum is meant to be used to help youth better understand the role of gender norms in the HIV epidemic and adopt healthy behaviors.
Set in a Namibian context, Stay Healthy focuses on changing three key behaviors directly related to HIV infection: (1) delaying the onset of sexual intercourse, (2) increasing the correct and consistent use of the male condom among sexually active youth, and (3) decreasing multiple concurrent partners among sexually active youth. This highly interactive curriculum comprises a series of 18 linked sessions that can be easily adapted for use with youth in school and non-school settings as well as with youth in other countries.