Вы находитесь на странице: 1из 2

HIV/AIDS Prevention through

Qualitative Adolescent Reproductive Health Literacy


Anirudha Alam

Parents should be thoroughly taught about HIV/AIDS prevention from the Community
Learning Centre (CLC). Then they will be able to build up their capacity properly to
make their children aware of HIV/AIDS initially. Adolescents have more opportunities to
be misguided due to their peer pressure and involved in danger for having inadequate
knowledge as to safe reproductive health. So the scopes should be made available for the
adolescents that they can learn about reproductive health care through their academic
curriculum. In this regard, teachers having more friendly behavior may play an important
and essential role coming in close contact with the students. They may arrange peer
group session regularly under the respective course curriculum. Operating various kinds
of cultural and entertainment oriented events in the campus may add extra attraction
stimulating students’ interest in HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. If we fail to take
necessary and timely initiatives comprehensively for ensuring qualitative adolescents
reproductive health literacy HIV/AIDS prevalence will be climbing higher into new
population rapidly in the vulnerable parts of the world.

Qualitative reproductive health literacy comes in to bring about positive attitude among
the adolescents to prevent HIV/AIDS. Simultaneously a promising and profound
perception is engendered throughout their inner beings to practice general health care
regularly. As a result they will not be affected easily by superstitions and ill believes.
They can help other people to combat such kind of social problems as well. Early
marriage, dowry, polygamy and so on create various kinds of social ailment which gives
rise to sexual wantonness. The adolescents may be involved to foil the spread of social
deterioration promoted by early marriage, dowry and polygamy. They may create
awareness working door to door and arranging courtyard meeting on the importance of
reproductive health literacy. Thus community based reproductive health campaign can be
strengthened with the help of collective effort of local adolescents. This promising
endeavor has far-reaching sustainable impact to lessen the vulnerability related to
HIV/AIDS calamity communitywise.

Qualitative reproductive health literacy helps to kindle the inner beings and values of
adolescents to do something having a well-thought-out plan. Thus counting on strong and
deepest confidence, adolescents begin to learn that they have right to know how they can
protect themselves and how to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS. Many persons think
that reproductive health literacy may lead to greater sexual activity and promiscuity
among the adolescents. But it is not true at all. As per the findings of various in-depth
surveys, there is no alternative of qualitative health literacy to increase responsible
behavior. Responsible behavior makes adolescents interested to know about basic facts
on HIV/AIDS and other STIs and the essential skills to protect themselves. Concurrently
adolescents are stirred up to know how to safeguard their family members and friends

/opt/scribd/conversion/tmp/scratch2400/36151195.doc
from HIV/AIDS as well as how to make them participate in promoting HIV/AIDS
awareness campaign.

Community based HIV/AIDS prevention activities should be conducted gathering


assistance and support enormously from the community people through giving emphasis
on their perceptions especially. In this regard, social mobilization may be ignited
organizing community based adolescent welfare organization all along. This strategic
plan results in more community participation through the perspective of action research.
Community’s participation towards the HIV/AIDS prevention program promoted by
social mobilization can equips people to make healthy decisions concerning their own
lives. To bring about long-term healthy behaviors and give community people the scope
for economic independence and hope, qualitative reproductive health literacy may play a
significant role. It helps to slow and reverse the spread of STIs contributing to social
upliftment through preventing dowry, early marriage, polygamy and other social
diseases.

So to outline an integrated and ideal HIV/AIDS prevention program, participation of


community people comprising adolescents having qualitative reproductive health literacy
should be ensured any how. As a whole in the aspect of implementation of HIV/AIDS
prevention program successfully, it certainly needs to fulfill and guarantee the right to
qualitative reproductive health literacy for the adolescents.

Anirudha Alam
Deputy Director (Information & Development Communication) & Trainer
BEES (Bangladesh Extension Education Services)
183, Lane 2, Eastern Road, New DOHS
Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206
Bangladesh.
Website: http://www.bees-bd.org
Phone: 01718342876, 9889732, 9889733 (office), 8050514 (res.)
E-mail: anirudhaalam@yahoo.com

Ref: UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNISEF

/opt/scribd/conversion/tmp/scratch2400/36151195.doc

Вам также может понравиться