 Dream Girls Inc.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Education, Empowerment, and Employment
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OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT
The purpose of “Teen Pregnancy Aint 4 Me” (T-PAM) is reduce risk for STD/HIV and pregnancy risk related behaviors, young adolescents need not only knowledge and perception of personal vulnerability, but also positive attitudes towards condom use, skills and confidence in their ability to use condoms.
Our curriculum is called Making Proud Choices! Making Proud Choices!:A Safer Sex Approach to STDs, Teen Pregnancy, and HIV Prevention Curriculum is an eight module curriculum that provides young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV and pregnancy by abstaining from sex or using condoms if they choose to have sex. It is based on cognitive-behavioral theories, focus groups and the authors’ extensive experience working with youth.
GOAL OF THE PROJECT
The goal of Making Proud Choices! is to empower young adolescents to change their behavior in ways that will reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV and other STDs and their risk for pregnancy. Specifically, this curriculum emphasizes that adolescents can reduce their risk for STDs, HIV and pregnancy by using a condom, if they choose to have sex.
OBJECTIVES
At the completion of The Making Proud Choices! Curriculum, adolescents will:
• Increase their knowledge of HIV, STDs and pregnancy prevention
• Believe in the value of safer sex, including abstinence
• Improve their ability to negotiate abstinence/safer-sex practices
• Increase their ability to use condoms correctly
• Have stronger intentions to use condoms if they have sex
• Have a lower incidence of HIV/STD sexual risk-taking behavior
• Take pride in choosing responsible sexual behaviors
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