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SAMPLE MATERIALS



Peer Education & IPC Programs

Peer Education

Corridors of Hope Peer Education Review Instrument.
Description: Tool to assess quality of peer education program and assess the skills and capacity of peer education program staff at all levels.

"Dos" and "Don'ts" of a Peer Educator.
Description: List of dos and don'ts for peer educators.

Guide to Implementing TAP (Teens for AIDS Prevention): A peer education program to prevent HIV and STI. Advocates for Youth, 2002.
Description: A comprehensive guide to developing and implementing a youth peer education program. There are tips for working with stakeholders in the community, training activities for peer educators, evaluation guidelines and much more.

Life Skills Manual. US Peace Corps, 2001.
Description: Guide for teaching Life Skills. Includes activities for HIV/AIDS, decision-making skills, communication skills, relationship skills, and peer education.

Peer Education and HIV/AIDS: Concepts, Uses, and Challenges. UNAIDS, 1999.
Description: Discusses theory behind peer education, summarizes needs cited by peer education program managers, and provides recommendations to address them.

Peer Education Practical Handbook: Session Plans and Information for 12 Monthly Topics. FHI. August 2003.
Description: Booklet designed to guide peer educators through HIV/AIDS sessions & discussions at the workplace. The guide addresses 12 monthly themes.

Peer Education Training Manual. FHI/Nigeria Impact Project, 2003.
Description: The documents in this folder are all parts of a manual developed by FHI, incorporating ideas from other training manuals to train people in the workplace as peer educators. Developed as a 5 day course, it also includes a peer educator handbook.

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IPC

A Handbook for AIDS Awareness Activities for Clubs. UNICEF, 2001.
Description: This handbook provides tips for starting a peer education club are included with suggestions for small group discussions, lectures, games, case studies and more.

Health Education for Behavior Change: A Work-Book to Improve Skills. Network Learning. 2003.
Description: Workbook for Behavior Change. While it targets Indians, its ideas and stories could be adapted to fit other cultures. Additionally, it provides checklists and role plays in addition to the meetings ideas and discussion topics.

"Safe Crossing: The Stepping Stones Approach to Involving Men in the Prevention of Violence and HIV Transmission." Action AID Briefing. December 2000.
Description: Document sets out an innovative approach to effectively involving men in HIV prevention which relies on the Stepping Stones IPC method.

VCT

Counselor's Quality Assurance Inventory
Description: Tool to assist counselors, observers, and center management to determine the level of counseling competency demonstrated by counselors. Incudes forms intended for use by counseling supervisors, site facilitators, external evaluators and others to conduct quality assurance (QA) in counseling. Also highlights important counseling and facilitation skills.

VCT Training Course (Trainer's Manual). GAP, PSI, CDC, and USAID, 2003.
Description: Detailed manual for the trainer of a VCT course. Although not exclusively focused on IPC, the detail is good advice for trainers of all kinds of projects.

 

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