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This page describes two activities, Three Statements about AIDS, and the AIDS Quiz. Both of these focus on the facts about HIV and AIDS.

Three Statements about AIDS

Aims

To distinguish between facts and misinformation about HIV and AIDS.

What you will you need

Chairs in a circle. Small pieces of paper, pens. Large sheets of paper. Time about 30-45 minutes depending on the size of the group.

What you do

  1. Hand out 3 small pieces of paper to each group member and ask them to write on each one some statement they have heard about HIV or AIDS (this need not be something they agree with).
  2. Collect in the small pieces of paper and deal them out at random.
  3. Divide the group members into two roughly equal groups.
  4. Distribute a large sheet of paper to each group with headings 'AGREE', 'DISAGREE' and 'DON'T KNOW' on it. Ask group members to sort their small pieces of paper into each of these columns, reaching agreement on where each statement should be placed.
  5. When they have done this (about 20 minutes probably), both groups should be asked to justify their decisions to the main group as a whole. So group members must be prepared to say why they made the choices they did.
  6. Facilitate a discussion of the scientific, medical and social issues raised by the statements and where they are placed.

Likely outcomes

By having to defend the decisions made, the group will have a chance to begin to distinguish facts from prejudice and misinformation. Your own interventions will help consolidate understanding.

The AIDS Quiz

1. Does HIV only affect gay people?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Only gay men
  • Only gay women

2. Approx. how many people are infected with HIV world wide?

  • 3.5 million
  • 25 million
  • 40 million

3. How can you tell if somebody has HIV or AIDS?

  • Because of the way they act
  • They look tired and ill
  • You cannot tell

4. Can you get AIDS from sharing the cup of an infected person?

  • No
  • Yes
  • Only if you don't wash the cup.

5. Which protects you most against HIV infection?

  • Contraceptive Pills
  • Condoms
  • Spermicide Jelly

6. What are the specific symptoms of AIDS?

  • A rash from head to toe
  • You look tired and ill.
  • There are no specific symptoms of AIDS

7. HIV is a…

  • Virus
  • Bacteria
  • Fungus

8. Can insects transmit HIV?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Only mosquitoes

9. Is there a cure for AIDS?

  • Yes
  • Jumping up and down on one foot in the rain
  • No

10. When is World AIDS Day held?

  • 1st January
  • 1st June
  • 1st December

11. Is there a difference between HIV and AIDS?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not very much

12. Approximately what percentage of those infected with HIV are women?

  • 19%
  • 50%
  • 74%

13. Worldwide, what is the age range most infected with HIV?

  • 0-14 years old
  • 15-24 years old
  • 25-34 years old

14. Is it possible to prevent a women infected with HIV from having an infected baby?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Only is she takes a special drug

15. Are extra large condoms....

  • Wider
  • Longer
  • Both

Quiz Questions Answer Sheet

  1. No
  2. 40 million
  3. You cannot tell
  4. No
  5. Condoms
  6. There are no specific symptons of AIDS
  7. Virus
  8. No
  9. No
  10. 1st December
  11. Yes
  12. 46%
  13. 15-24 years old
  14. Only if she takes a special drug
  15. Both

There are more quizzes on the quizzies and printable resources sections of the site.

Authors/Source:

This group of pages is an adaptation by Simon Forrest & Annabel Kanabus of material originally published in AIDS:Working With Young People by Peter Aggleton, Kim Rivers, & Ian Warwick(ISBN 0-9515351-8-8) together with some new material.

Last updated January 10, 2005

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