1. Ground Rules Ask questions: This can be done in class or through a writing your question out and giving this to your teacher. Ask questions: This can be done in class or through a writing your question out and giving this to your teacher. No Put-Downs No Put-Downs It is okay to disagree but we must respect each other’s opinions or beliefs It is okay to disagree but we must respect each other’s opinions or beliefs Listen by providing eye contact to whomever is speaking Listen by providing eye contact to whomever is speaking Respect people’s privacy – do not include their names or identities, instead say “someone I know” Respect people’s privacy – do not include their names or identities, instead say “someone I know”

2. HIV/AIDS Education 6 th Grade All Stats come from the CDC

3. Refusal Skills Say No Clearly say, both vocally and through your body language, that you don’t want to do what the other person is asking you to do. Show you are confident in your choice to say no. Walk Away If someone keeps pressuring you or doesn’t accept your no, you will leave the situation or get help from someone else. Suggest an alternative Suggest something else that you can do instead of … Tell a Consequence Provide a reason why you do not want to participate and be clear with your reason.

4. What does abstinence mean? Abstinence means not doing something. We abstain from cleaning our rooms, doing our homework, doing drugs, etc. Sexual Abstinence is choosing not to participate in sexual behaviors, including intercourse.

5. The Immune System The body system that helps us stay healthy by keeping germs out of our body, and by fighting germs off if they do get in our body. HIV attacks our white blood cells, our immune system and weakens it.

6. What is HIV H - Human – Only infects humans, can not live in mosquitoes or animals H - Human – Only infects humans, can not live in mosquitoes or animals I - Immunodeficiency – Not being able to fight disease, so it’s weakened. I - Immunodeficiency – Not being able to fight disease, so it’s weakened. Immune system fights infection Deficiency is not enough of something V - Virus – A very small kind of germ or an organism that attacks the host it lives in. V - Virus – A very small kind of germ or an organism that attacks the host it lives in.

7. What is AIDS? Acquired – a person gets it from a person, not genetically or from environmental pollution. Acquired – a person gets it from a person, not genetically or from environmental pollution. Immuno – The part of your body that helps fight disease. Immuno – The part of your body that helps fight disease. Deficiency – Not Enough of something – a weakness or lack of Deficiency – Not Enough of something – a weakness or lack of Syndrome – A collection of symptoms (what people feel) and signs (what can be seen or measured – like a temperature). Syndrome – A collection of symptoms (what people feel) and signs (what can be seen or measured – like a temperature). A group of health problems that make up a disease. A group of health problems that make up a disease. AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection, it is not transmitted but is something you develop when you have HIV. When HIV (a virus you get from other people) has destroyed so much of your immune system that your immune system doesn’t have the ability to fight infections, and you start to have a variety of signs and symptoms and get ill from other diseases. This is the stage of AIDS and it usually develops within 13 years of diagnosis of contracting HIV.

8. AIDS is the condition that is caused by HIV You can have HIV and not have AIDS You can have HIV and not have AIDS The illness of AIDS is the last stage of HIV The illness of AIDS is the last stage of HIV T-Cell (CD4+ cell) white blood cell count in normal person is 600-1200 T-Cell (CD4+ cell) white blood cell count in normal person is 600-1200 T-Cell (CD4+ cell) white blood cell count of an AIDS person is >200 T-Cell (CD4+ cell) white blood cell count of an AIDS person is >200 A person becomes sick from several opportunistic diseases or cancers like tuberculosis, pneumonia, involuntary weight loss, candidacies and HIV dementia (memory impairment). A person becomes sick from several opportunistic diseases or cancers like tuberculosis, pneumonia, involuntary weight loss, candidacies and HIV dementia (memory impairment).

9. Where did it come from? Researchers believe, but are not certain, that HIV was introduced into the human population when hunters became exposed to infected blood from a subspecies of chimpanzees native to West Africa. Researchers believe, but are not certain, that HIV was introduced into the human population when hunters became exposed to infected blood from a subspecies of chimpanzees native to West Africa. There are a lot of assumptions around where HIV started, but we most likely will never know. Researchers are not spending time on finding this out, they are however spending a lot of time looking at what can be done to help prevent the spread of this disease and treatments for it. There are a lot of assumptions around where HIV started, but we most likely will never know. Researchers are not spending time on finding this out, they are however spending a lot of time looking at what can be done to help prevent the spread of this disease and treatments for it.

10. How do you get HIV? You must come in to significant and direct contact with an infected persons bodily fluids and then they must have a way to enter your bloodstream. You must come in to significant and direct contact with an infected persons bodily fluids and then they must have a way to enter your bloodstream.

11. The body fluids containing HIV include: Blood (including menstrual blood) Blood (including menstrual blood) Semen and pre-seminal fluid Semen and pre-seminal fluid Vaginal fluid Vaginal fluid Breast milk Breast milk Again, you must be infected with HIV in order for your bodily fluids to contain this virus.

12. A Person Can Get HIV Sharing needles for injection drug use with someone who has HIV Sharing needles for injection drug use with someone who has HIV Sex without a condom with someone who has HIV Sex without a condom with someone who has HIV Born to a mom who has HIV Born to a mom who has HIV Breastfeeding from a mom who has HIV Breastfeeding from a mom who has HIV Needle Use: Home tattooing and body piercing and accidental needle stick Needle Use: Home tattooing and body piercing and accidental needle stick

13. HIV can be passed to the developing fetus in the uterus, or to the baby during birth as it passes through the vagina. When a women has HIV and is pregnant, there is a 25% (1 in 4) chance her baby will be born HIV positive. However, if she takes the HIV medications while she is pregnant and has a C-section, there is only a 2% chance that the baby will be born HIV positive.

14. It is important to know: Most people with HIV infection do not look sick Most people with HIV infection do not look sick The HIV can not discriminate between men and women, it doesn’t know who you are or the behaviors you participate in. The HIV can not discriminate between men and women, it doesn’t know who you are or the behaviors you participate in. HIV can’t determine things about you: race, sexual orientation, religion, character…so it can’t discriminate one behavior more than another as it is a virus. HIV can’t determine things about you: race, sexual orientation, religion, character…so it can’t discriminate one behavior more than another as it is a virus.

15. HIV is NOT transmitted through: Saliva, tears, sweat, feces, or urine Saliva, tears, sweat, feces, or urine Hugging someone who has HIV Hugging someone who has HIV Kissing someone who has HIV Kissing someone who has HIV Sharing food with someone who has HIV Sharing food with someone who has HIV Shaking hands with someone who has HIV Shaking hands with someone who has HIV Insect bites of any kind Insect bites of any kind Living in the same house with someone who has HIV Living in the same house with someone who has HIV Using a public shower or toilet seat Using a public shower or toilet seat

16. To avoid getting HIV: Prevent the blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of someone who is infected from entering your body through an entry site. Prevent the blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of someone who is infected from entering your body through an entry site. Latex condoms can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV during sexual acts, but are not 100% effective. Latex condoms can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV during sexual acts, but are not 100% effective.

17. HIV Testing Window Period – 6 weeks and no other behaviors can happen in that time frame. You will need to get re-tested again in 3 months. You will need to get re-tested again in 3 months. HIV can lie inactive or asymptomatic for 10-12 years before HIV symptoms develop strong enough to make them go to the doctor.

18. Where can I get tested for HIV? -Health Clinic -Doctors Office - Home Test $35-$50 Can be purchased in a drug store HIV status is not public information, therefore you can take a test anonymously if desired.

19. Is HIV always fatal? You can die from other complications before the HIV infection turns to AIDS and takes your life. You can die from other complications before the HIV infection turns to AIDS and takes your life. There are drugs that HIV patients are taking that allow some of them to live for longer periods of time. For how long, that varies person to person and the overall health of the immune system at the time of contracting this virus. There are drugs that HIV patients are taking that allow some of them to live for longer periods of time. For how long, that varies person to person and the overall health of the immune system at the time of contracting this virus.