Through educating people on how to stop the transmission of HIV, encouraging people to respond in informed ways to people who have HIV, and helping people apply the facts about HIV to their own behavior, the American Red Cross Public Health Education Division (PHE) helps save more lives by developing, evaluating, implementing and supporting innovative prevention programs that are easy to use and designed to reach a variety of audiences. They are based on the latest evidence of what makes health education programs effective.
What do ‘car donation, vehicle donation, auto donation, donate my car to charity and donate a car’ have in common with HIV/AIDS? Without the former there could be more of the latter. In other words no funds, no programs. Stark and simple.
AIDS is a leading cause of death among Americans aged 25 to 44. By learning the facts about HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and acting on them, we can protect ourselves and others.
The Basic HIV/AIDS Program uses a variety of learning techniques in sessions specially designed for your community to help people: the fundamentals program delivers facts-based discussion to reinforce information about HIV transmission and prevention, dispel myths about HIV and AIDS, and help participants learn from their own experiences and those of others. Activities encourage people to apply the facts to their own behaviors. The prevention skills program gives practice on how to refuse invitations to have sex or use drugs. Role play can also equip them with ways to talk about using condoms before the situation arises.
Not only are these programs avalable but there is supporting material you might want either for personal reference or as a manual for answering many questions that your children or co-workers might have about HIV/AIDS once you have entered into discussion with them. There is an HIV/AIDS fact book and Reasons to Care: The Many Faces of HIV video uses a documentary style to show people living with HIV infection and the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Education Folder features artwork representing the four American Red Cross HIV/AIDS programs: Basic, African American, Hispanic and Workplace.
