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PIP: The threat of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and other sexual challenges facing young people are depicted with humor and creativity in Vibes in a World of Sexuality, a musical revue by the ASHE Caribbean Arts Ensemble, a Jamaican performing arts group of young people 8-19 years old. The Little People and Teen Players, another youth drama group, and ASHE have performed Vibes more than 100 times in 5 countries, reaching over 50,000 people. In the revue's allegorical world, strong sexual urges, jealousy, ignorance, disease, and guilt struggle to overcome the super safer sexual skills of self control, trust, knowledge, and communication. A series of skits and catchy songs show how these skills can influence the choices made by teenagers. The music is a mixture of pop, blues, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Catherine Brokenshire, the resident advisor for the AIDSCAP Project in Jamaica and the US Agency for International Development Mission in Jamaica, decided to support 60 Vibes performances in Jamaican schools, youth clubs, communities, and churches. 20 audience members were asked to fill out a questionnaire about STDs and their transmission before and after each performance to assess whether it had changed their knowledge or attitudes about sex and STDs. An analysis of 100 sets of the forms found a 20% increase in correct answers to these questions. Each performance is followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer period. The most common questions are about handling peer pressure, talking to parents about sex and dating, and obtaining condoms. AIDSCAP is supporting the development of a manual to help teachers lead discussions with students after they see Vibes. Educational materials are available at every performance with addresses and phone numbers for Jamaica AIDS Support, The Family Center, and the Ministry of Health's Helpline, where people can request more information or assistance.^ieng
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida , Planejamento em Saúde , Serviços de Informação , Meios de Comunicação de Massa , População , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis , América , Região do Caribe , Comunicação , Demografia , Países em Desenvolvimento , Doença , Infecções por HIV , Infecções , Jamaica , América do Norte , Características da População , VirosesRESUMO
PIP: A description is provided of how drama is used as a tool in sex education in Calabar High School, Kingston, Jamaica. The message is that love between two people is a major ingredient in engaging in sexual activity and that consequences must be shared by couples. The drama club at the high school was stimulated by the teacher to discuss sexual issues. These discussions formed the basis for the sex education skit. The skit involves two education tutors, with different learning styles, and a class of curious boys. The first character is Mrs. Prim, who feels uncomfortable with the boy's terms for sex and the male sex organ. She leaves the class in disapproval. The replacement teacher has more tolerant sexual attitudes and understands the boys' concerns about sex and the male sex organ. She encourages the boys to use biological terms rather than colloquial ones. The boys are surprised at the boldness of the subject matter. The boys learn that having sexual feelings is normal and that self-control is important when sexual urges are felt. Parents usually take responsibility for urging abstention from sexual activity, but parents forget to explain why. The skit reveals that when information is absent, boys will seek out the answers among their peers and in sexually-oriented movies, magazines, and songs. Pressures build to experience sexual relations. When sexual abstinence is the only strategy for dealing with sexual urges, the issues become complicated. Premarital sexual behavior may be impossible to prevent. Teaching should include the practice of safe sex. The extent of premarital activity in Jamaica is estimated at 58% in males aged under 14 years.^ieng
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Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Meios de Comunicação de Massa , Educação Sexual , Comportamento Sexual , América , Comportamento , Região do Caribe , Comunicação , Países em Desenvolvimento , Educação , Jamaica , América do NorteRESUMO
Superbarrio is the name given to the folk hero and spokesperson of the Asamblea de Barrios--a democratic assembly of Mexico City's poorer neighborhoods. Dressed like Batman, he is often the central figure in mass demonstrations for better living conditions. Now he is appearing with Superwoman in the Assembly's campaign against AIDS. In February 1990, Superbarrio spoke at the opening of a community AIDS information center, set up and run by women members of the Assembly. A brigade of volunteer educators handed out leaflets and condoms in the surrounding streets and underground stations.
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida , Meios de Comunicação de Massa , América , Comunicação , Países em Desenvolvimento , Doença , Infecções por HIV , América Latina , México , América do Norte , VirosesRESUMO
The description of a very original experience of health education in a region of Amazonia, Brasil (based on the utilization of techniques of population theater) is the occasion for a reflection on the possibilities and on the opportunity of adopting also for the nursing practice of western countries methodologically innovative approaches, which could allow a caring attention oriented not only to the problem of assistance, but more basically to the cultural components of the needs and expectations of defined populations.
PIP: The Great Circus of Mocorongo was conceived in 1984 with funds from the state and various educational institutions to disseminate health messages to communities with scarce economic and human resources in Para State, Brazil. The show was aimed at 15,000 people scattered in 13 remote communities afflicted with malnutrition as well as high morbidity and mortality. It used a methodology consisting of medical and pedagogical techniques showing in dramatical and amusing scenes everyday human encounters with diseases, microbes, the problems of hygiene, and various aspects of community health (proper nutrition, diarrhea, use of medicines, respiratory infections, and vaccinations). The central characters of the show entitled "Health and Merriment" were: the housewife Larimunda, the druggist Salim, and the clowns Banziero, Xulex, and Primentinha. It is difficult to measure the effect of laughter and mirth on changing one's mindset, but in 12 months not a single instance of death of a child occurred resulting from diarrhea or malnutrition. Children played with the characters in scenes that stressed good nutrition in anemia or during diarrhea, they used Salim's medicines for rehydration and vaccination and they witnessed Larimunda's victory over microbes. The goal was to transform the village in a grand scene stressing prevention of ailments. The circus was a timid and hesitant venture at its inception involving children,violence, starvation, hope, and fantasy. Still, it contributed to formal research by introducing innovative approaches to nursing materials and methods.
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Drama , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Estilo de Vida , Literatura , Brasil , Cultura , Folclore , HumanosRESUMO
PIP: Social development communication activities are competing with all of the other communication activities for the attention of the audience. The Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS) strongly believes that one of the best ways to get the attention of a designated audience, and to keep it, is to entertain the audience and educate it at the same time. They call this concept enter-educate. The basic precepts of this approach include: 1) Choose the most appropriate medium to reach the intended audience; 2) Enlist professionals experienced in the chosen medium in order to have access to the best available resources; 3) Develop a high-quality product that will attract the commercial sector; 4) Use a medium which has a big regional or national audience; and 5) Make the program appealing by including entertainment elements appropriate for the intended audience and not obviously preachy. The most successful project that JHU/PCS has supported that incorporated the concept of enter-educate is the Communication for Young People project in Latin America, better known as the Tatiana and Johnny project. This project used popular music, and its spin offs, to reach young people in 11 Spanish-speaking countries with a sexual responsibility message. Other successful projects in Nigeria and Mali are also described. Nigeria used television shows with family planning skits; in Mali the traditional Koteba theatrical format was made into films for short cinema showings before the main feature.^ieng