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GUIDANCE NOTES
INTRODUCTION
ICEBREAKERS
BODY IMAGE– TOP 10 WEBSITES
BODY IMAGE – DISCUSSION POINTS
BODY IMAGE – SESSION IDEAS
How to use and print this pack
A brief overview of the healthy living packs
Simple ideas for getting your sessions off the ground
The best web based resources around body image
Though provoking ideas to start discussions
Ideas for developing session work on body image
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LIFESTYLE MOT – TOP 10 WEBSITES
LIFESTYLE MOT – DISCUSSION POINTS
LIFESTYLE MOT – SESSION IDEAS
10 great sites to help you with your lifestyle MOT
How can you have the lifestyle of your dreams?
Looking at aspects of your lifestyle and how to improve them
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MINIMISE TOXINS – TOP 10 WEBSITES
MINIMISE TOXINS – DISCUSSION POINTS
MINIMISE TOXINS – SESSION IDEAS
The best alcohol awareness sites on the internet
Where do you stand on the issues?
Raising awareness on alcohol use
SELF ESTEEM– TOP 10 WEBSITES
SELF ESTEEM– DISCUSSION POINTS
SELF ESTEEM– SESSION IDEAS
The best of the web for helping you build self esteem
How can you feel great inside as well as out?
How to build resilience and feel good about yourself
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Introduction
CURRICULUM CHAPTERS: 10 (Healthy Living), 16 (Mental Health), 23 (Sex & Relationships)
The information & resources in this pack (and the development pack to follow) are designed to be used in
conjunction with your UK Youth Healthaware pack to enable you to deliver a Youth Achievement Award
15 hour challenge – or simply to slot into your own planning and delivery around healthy living themes.
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The Healthaware Challenge addresses health and wellbeing issues by encouraging young people to
participate in and develop their own health and wellbeing projects – this leads to accreditation through
Youth Achievement Awards or ASDAN. For more information visit:
http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/Programmes/YAA/healthandwellbeing.htm
The National Youth Agency (NYA) has developed a set of online learning materials for practitioners
grouped around the 4 themes of Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Relationships & Sex, Mental & Emotional
Wellbeing and Substance Use. Registration is free and the online learning activities are extensive. You can
find these at the health-e website http://www.healthelearning.org.uk/course/view/1
Truetube http://www.truetube.co.uk/ has a range of videos on PSHE subjects and software to edit your
own film and upload your own media to the site. Please screen all videos before use to decide whether
content is appropriate for the young people you’re working with.
The development pack will expand on the starter pack’s themes as follows:
Eat well – healthy body image (looking at eating disorders, pressures on young people to conform to
certain images))
Active lifestyle – lifestyle MOT (including self examination and sex & relationships)
Minimise toxins – alcohol
Reduce stress – build self esteem
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CURRICULUM CHAPTERS: 10 (Healthy Living), 16 (Mental Health), 23 (Sex & Relationships)
NOTE FOR PRACTITIONERS: As this pack deals with sensitive issues like body image and sexual health,
you may wish to set guidelines with young people. These should cover:
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RESPECT – paying attention to someone who is speaking
CONFIDENTIALITY – what is said in the room stays in the room (NOTE: make sure that young people
understand that this includes not posting on Facebook/personal blogs or sending texts)
PRIVACY – when discussing situations & issues, other people’s privacy will be respected e.g. Refer to
‘person A’ rather than ‘my brother’
RIGHT TO REFUSE – you have the right not to participate
NON JUDGEMENTAL APPROACH – we can all agree to disagree without getting personal
OWNERSHIP – opinions should be expressed in the first person ‘I think...’
SENSITIVITY TO DIVERSITY – Awareness of and sensitivity to other people’s ethnic background, sexual
orientation etc.
SUPPORT & ACCEPTANCE – it’s OK to feel uncomfortable when talking about sensitive subjects and
anyone in the group can seek a one to one if necessary
HAVE A GOOD TIME! – however sensitive the issue, creating a safe space is about being somewhere that
you can enjoy and have fun
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Introduction
CURRICULUM CHAPTERS: 10 (Healthy Living), 16 (Mental Health), 23 (Sex & Relationships)
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RECORDING YOUNG PEOPLE’S PROGRESSION
If you intend to use the Healthy Living starter and development packs to deliver accredited outcomes
through a Youth Achievement Award Challenge, YAA has some excellent resources to help you chart
young people’s progression and build their portfolios.
GET GOING
This resource provides tips and information on producing a Personal Development Plan. The resource,
which has been produced by Daron Oram is written in the style of a workbook so young people can build
it up as they progress through. Individual exercises like the Blob Tree are also great stand alone activities
to chart young people’s progression from starter through development pack.
http://www.ukyouth.org:81/Resources/UK%20Youth/Get%20Going.pdf
PORTFOLIO BUILDING TOOLKIT
The Toolkit is a set of worksheets to help young people collect evidence and build portfolios - these
sheets are produced in word and a picture/symbols format and are therefore suitable for use with a wide
range of abilities.
http://www.ukyouth.org:81/Resources/UK%20Youth/Documents/Youth%20Achievement%20Awards%20
Toolkit.pdf
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Icebreakers
BODY IMAGE RELAXATION: ask young people to lie on their backs on the floor and relax. Now encourage
Good body them to tense and then relax each part of their body in turn from their toes to their scalp/brain. An
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excellent relaxation/acceptance exercise can be found here: http://www.innerhealthstudio.com/bodyimage.html
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PERSONAL SCAVENGER HUNT: ask the group to find about their person/in their bag these items: something
you’ve had a long time, something that you’re proud of, something that reveals a lot about you. Go round
the group and discuss the items you’ve found – would you get rid of them or change them in any way? Do
you like what these items say about you or are there things you would like to change about yourself?
AGREE/DISAGREE: designate a space or object for ‘agree’ and ‘disagree’. Now ask the following questions
and ask the group to agree/disagree: a) people have more fun when they drink or take drugs (can make
people depressed and aggressive) b) you can die from second-hand smoke (for every 8 smokers who die, 1
non smoker dies from second-hand smoke) c) It’s healthy to drink wine (for adults, but toxic for young
people) d) people smoked pot in the 60s and turned out OK (the drug we have today is about 10 times
stronger than it was then). Discuss each statement and young people’s response to it.
POSITIVE FEEDBACK: Pin a sheet of A4 to each young person’s back. Now ask each young person to write
something positive on everyone else’s sheet, then unpin and give young people a few minutes to read
through the comments that have been made. How did this make them feel? Did they agree with the
comments? Were they surprised by any of the comments? Did this positive feedback make them think
about themselves in a different way?
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Top 10 Websites
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www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/wellbeing/bodyimageandselfesteem
The Site has good young person centred
information, advice & resource
kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/problems/body_image.html (US website)
Teens Health focuses on a series of body
image issues, including male body image
www.b-eat.co.uk/Home
Beat is the leading UK charity for eating
disorders
www.bbc.co.uk/health/emotional_health/mental_health/disorders_eating.sht
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BBC health has information and links on
eating disorders
www.nhs.uk/conditions/Eating-disorders/Pages/Introduction.aspx
NHS choices has information and videos
www.seekwellness.com/weight/body_image_and_you.htm (US site)
Seek Wellness looks at issues affecting
young women
www.bodyimagehealth.org/ (US site)
Body image health promotes a model for
healthy body image
www.something-fishy.org/reach/bodyimage.php (US site)
Something Fishy has great tips on
improving body image
www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/chapter.asp?id=1
Our Bodies Ourselves has articles and
web content on body image and surgery
http://www.thebddfoundation.org/
BDD foundation offers professional help
and personal stories about body
dysmorphia
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Discussion Points
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Visit Truetube’s body & health video resources – choose a video and discuss the issues it raises
http://www.truetube.co.uk/media.php?do=issues&issueid=29
Visit Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty website and watch the videos ‘Onslaught’ and ‘Evolution’
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.co.uk/#/features/videos/ Discuss the issues raised – why did Dove
start their campaign? Think about the images of beauty that we see and what beauty means to you
personally. What is beauty? And what really makes somebody beautiful?
Marilyn Monroe is considered the archetypal sex symbol and one of the most beautiful women ever –
and she was a size 16. If she was alive today would she become a big star? Or would she be expected
to diet and conform to a certain body image? Think about the fact that the average model is 5 foot 10
inches and weighs 7 stones, whilst the average woman is 5 foot 4 inches and weighs 11 ½ stone.
Do mothers and fathers set the tone in the home for their children's positive or negative body image
or is it an issue of peer pressure?
Should the fashion industry accept more responsibility for the body imagery they use and the
messages they direct at women and girls? If yes, why and how? Read the article on size zero models
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23367018-pressure-mounts-for-ban-on-zero-sizemodels.do Should they be banned? If so, for what reasons?
Do you think that gender stereotypes can affect body image? Do we expect men to be muscular and
women small and dainty? What do you think of the findings in the article?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/17/masculine-faces-women-disease
Provide some magazines with adverts featuring people. Imagine you’re an alien who has never seen a
human being before – what would you say about the creatures who live on earth based on the images
in magazine adverts (e.g. Humans are always smiling, humans live on beaches etc). You could put
together a composite man and woman from magazine ads.
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Session Ideas
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ADVERTISING QUESTIONNAIRE: Find some advertising images – make sure you include some obviously
airbrushed images and images of ‘healthy’ people doing ‘unhealthy’ things (e.g. Thin people eating junk
food). Split the group into smaller groups and give them 2 adverts to analyse, using the questionnaire
below. Summarise each group’s findings – highlight points such as the way ‘healthy’ people are often
seen doing ‘unhealthy’ things, how advertisers want you to think that underweight models using make
up (or being airbrushed) look good without help and how most models in ads are thin and having fun.
Challenge the advertising myths by asking the group if they think there is an ideal body type? Point out
that, whatever our body type, we need to maintain a healthy weight and be physically fit.
BODY IMAGE INVENTORY: hand out the body inventory quiz and ask everybody to complete it. Now put
the group into pairs and ask them to discuss their results, then share with the larger group. The inventory
can be scored as follows:
0=congratulations, you have a healthy body image!
0-11=not bad, could use some improvement
11-20=some issues, get a handle on them before they get out of hand
21+=danger zone – your body image needs some work
To deal with negative thinking:
• Ask young people to imagine themselves on a scale of good to bad. Now ask them to position
someone ‘evil’ and someone ‘good’ at either end of the same scale e.g. Hitler/Father Christmas
• Ask young people what’s the main thing that would make them liked/happy. Now ask them to
diminish this overgeneralisation by introducing other reasons and quantifying how important they are
(try drawing a pie chart, for example)
BODY IMAGE MYTHS QUIZ: Take the quiz below and discuss the results – were the group surprised at
what was true and what was false?
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Advertising Questionnaire
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DOES THE AD INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH A VARIETY OF BODY SHAPES & SIZES?
A) Yes
B) No
HOW DO PEOPLE LOOK IN THIS AD – WHAT’S THEIR BODY TYPE?
A) Normal weight
B) Unusually thin
C) Overweight
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WHO REALLY USE THE PRODUCT HAVE THE BODY TYPE SHOWN IN THE AD?
A) Yes
B) No
DO YOU THINK THE MODELS IN THE AD NATURALLY LOOK LIKE THIS?
A) Yes, this is their natural look
B) No, their image has definitely been enhanced in some way
HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE PEOPLE APPEAR IN THIS AD?
A) They appear to be happy
B) They appear to be sad
C) They appear neither happy or sad
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE PRODUCT IN THE AD?
A) Healthy
B) Unhealthy
C) Neither healthy or unhealthy
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Body Image Inventory
Rate the following statements as they apply to you – put a tick in the box
Never
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I dislike seeing myself in the mirror
I dislike shopping for clothes
I don’t like going out in public
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I don’t like doing sports because of my appearance
I think my body is ugly
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I feel that my family & friends are embarrassed to be seen
with me
I feel that other people think my body is unattractive
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I compare myself to other people and think they look
better than me
It’s because of the way my body looks that I’m not as
happy as I should be
How I look is more important than who I am
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Sometimes
Often
Always
Body Image Myths Quiz
Are the following statements true or false? You decide
TRUE
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Crash diets help you lose weight
Vomiting reduces calorie intake
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Only teenage girls suffer from eating disorders
Body size is an indication of an eating disorder
You can never have too much exercise
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Being overweight is bad for your health
Everything you eat after 8pm turns to fat
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Fat people are fat because they’re lazy and have a poor diet
Low fat diets are good for you
If Barbie was a real woman, she wouldn’t be able to walk on 2 legs
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FALSE
Body Image Myths Quiz
Are the following statements true or false? You decide
TRUE
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In the short term but, over time, crash dieters gain more weight than they lose
X
30% of the calories in the food we eat are absorbed immediately
X
Anyone, of any age, can have an eating disorder
X
Bulimics and compulsive eaters are usually of average weight or overweight
X
Excessive exercise can cause a variety of problems like stress fractures, osteoporosis, chronic pain
and even death
X
Research has shown that being underweight can be just as unhealthy and yoyo dieting is more
harmful than being large and staying large
X
It’s not the clock that is the problem but the kinds of food you eat!
X
We all have different body types that are affected by factors that can’t be controlled like
metabolism, bone structure and genetics
X
The body needs fat for energy, tissue repair and to transport vitamins A, D, E and K around the
body and 30% of daily calorie intake should come from unsaturated fats
X
TRUE! she would topple over and have to crawl on all fours
X
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Top 10 Websites
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www.videojug.com/tag/self-check
Videojug has self check videos for
a variety of health issues
www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/sexual_health/
BBC health resources focusing on
STDs and contraception
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Sexualhealthtopics/Pages/Sexual-healthhub.aspx
NHS Choices offers information,
resources & links
www.click4tic.org.uk/Home
Macmillan information for young
people about cancer
www.thesite.org/sexandrelationships
The Site has information & advice
on sex and relationships issues
www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing
The Site helping you to feel good
www.foryoungpeople.co.uk/
Fyp has local info about sexual
health in Kent
www.ypsh.net/
YPSH has information & resources
to help you MOT your lifestyle
www.nhs.uk/lifechecktools/teenlifecheck/Pages/Introduction.aspx
NHS Choices encourages you to
take a teen lifecheck!
www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/HealthAndRelationships/DG_7
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Direct.Gov has resources for a
lifestyle MOT
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Take the teen life check (see top ten websites) then discuss your results with the rest of the group –
were you happy with the results? Did anything surprise you or make you feel that you need to make
some changes?
View the condom ad at www.getyourheadroundit.co.uk Is it true that unprotected sex exposes you to
your partners sexual history? If you get infected with an STI how would you know? And what would
you do? Can you tell from looking whether someone has an STI?
Truetube has a range of videos addressing sex & relationship issues
http://www.truetube.co.uk/media.php?do=issues&issueid=33 View one or a selection of videos and
discuss the issues raised as they affect the young people in the group PLEASE SCREEN VIDEOS FOR
SUITABILITY BEFORE USING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
Read the article from ‘Nursing Times’ http://www.nursingtimes.net/specialist-news/paediatricnews/girls-embarrassed-by-hpv-vaccine/5007819.article Have you had the vaccine? Did you share the
concerns of the young women in the story? If you haven’t had the vaccine would this article influence
you one way or the other?
Teenage Cancer Trust has a wide range of videos for and by young people on the issues raised by living
with cancer http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/support-network/jimmyteens/ View and discuss
appropriate content PLEASE SCREEN FOR SUITABILITY BEFORE USE
Take the funny & informative quiz here http://www.c4urself.org.uk/youth/sexquiz.php compare scores
and discuss the issues raised. A sexual health quiz for download can be found here
www.healthatwork.org.uk/pdf.pl?file=haw/files/sex%20quiz.pdf
Use the self examination resource at the Skin Cancer Foundation http://www.skincancer.org/SelfExamination/ to encourage young people to do a preliminary self examination either on their own or in
pairs (use common sense as to how much skin they can examine). Start the body maps and return to
them weekly, discussing issues they raise - you could keep them as part of a wider portfolio of healthy
living related activities like food diaries and exercise programmes.
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MAP IT: give each young person a piece of paper and ask them to draw something representing
themselves in the middle (this could be their personal symbol from the self esteem activities). Now ask
them to map in all the other people they come into contact with and draw connections between them
e.g. their parents may connect to a boyfriend/girlfriend’s parents if they’re friends. Use symbols, colours,
words, lines or anything else to show the nature of their feelings between you and the people in your
relationships map. What have members of the group discovered about their relationships? What could
they change or improve and how? As an extension to this and the other activities below, complete the
Wheel of Life.
MYTHS & FACTS GAME: divide the group into 2 teams. Tell them they will each draw a statement from a
container and they must decide between them whether the statement is a myth or a fact (explain that
myths refer to untrue information passed around as fact). If they identify whether the statement is myth
or fact correctly they score 1 point. If they can say why it’s a myth or fact they gain a bonus point. During
the plenary, ask questions like why young people would take those risks, and how would they stop their
peers from taking risks with their sexual health. [Cut up the statements below and keep the factsheet for
answers)
CONTRACEPTION ROLE PLAY: Mark a series of cards with the words ‘condom’ ‘condom + other
contraceptive method’ ‘abstinence’ ‘none at all’. Explain what each of the cards means (‘abstinence’ is not
having sex at all, ‘none at all’ means sex without contraception). Now split the group into pairs and ask
one of the pair to choose a card at random. Now ask the pairs to role play a situation where they may be
discussing contraception (this doesn’t have to be as a couple, it could be friends asking for advice etc.).
Ask the one with the card to try and convince their partner that their method is the best. Watch the role
plays and discuss which ones were most convincing and why.
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Sexual Health – Myths & Facts
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WARTS CAN CAUSE CERVICAL CANCER
CHLAMYDIA AND HERPES CAN BE PASSED ON
THROUGH ORAL SEX
YOU CAN HAVE A PERIOD AND BE PREGNANT
VAGINAL DISCHARGE IS ALWAYS ABNORMAL
USING TWO CONDOMS IS SAFER THAN ONE
BABY OIL IS A GOOD LUBRICANT WITH A
CONDOM
HERPES IS EASILY CURED
CHLAMYDIA GOES AWAY BY ITSELF
THRUSH IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION
YOU DON’T NEED A CONDOM FOR ANAL SEX
ONCE AN STI IS CURED YOU WON’T GET IT AGAIN
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO GET AIDS ARE DRUG
USERS AND GAY MEN
CONDOMS PROTECT AGAINST ALL STIs
YOU’RE NOT AT RISK OF STIs IF YOU’RE IN A
MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHO HAS AN STI
CONDOMS CUT OFF YOUR CIRCULATION
WITHDRAWAL BEFORE EJACULATION PREVENTS
PREGNANCY
YOU CAN’T GET PREGNANT IF YOU HAVE SEX IN
WATER
YOU CAN AVOID PREGNANCY & STIs IF YOU WASH
STRAIGHT AFTER SEX
THE PILL OR AN IUD GIVES SOME PROTECTION
AGAINST STIs
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Sexual Health – Myths & Facts
Factsheet
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WARTS CAN CAUSE CERVICAL CANCER
False – both are caused by different types of the same virus
(Human papillomavirus or HPV)
CHLAMYDIA AND HERPES CAN BE PASSED ON THROUGH ORAL SEX
True – All STIs, even HIV, can be passed through oral sex
YOU CAN HAVE A PERIOD AND BE PREGNANT
True – though it might be lighter/ shorter than normal
VAGINAL DISCHARGE IS ALWAYS ABNORMAL
False – it’s quite normal, especially during your period
USING TWO CONDOMS IS SAFER THAN ONE
False – friction can cause them to split or tear
BABY OIL IS A GOOD LUBRICANT WITH A CONDOM
False – oil based lubricants damage condoms (use a water based
one)
HERPES IS EASILY CURED
False – the symptoms can be controlled but it can’t be cured
CHLAMYDIA GOES AWAY BY ITSELF
False – if left untreated Chlamydia causes infertility & other
problems
THRUSH IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION
False – Thrush is a fungal infection that’s easy to cure
YOU DON’T NEED A CONDOM FOR ANAL SEX
False – you can still pass on STIs
ONCE AN STI IS CURED YOU WON’T GET IT AGAIN
False – you can catch STIs repeatedly
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO GET AIDS….
False – anybody can get AIDS if they have unprotected sex
CONDOMS PROTECT AGAINST ALL STIs
False – even if used correctly condoms are only 98% effective and
novelty condoms are not effective
MONOGAMY PROTECTS AGAINST STIs
False – your partner may be lying about their sexual history
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHO HAS AN STI
False – although there are some obvious symptoms, some STIs
have no symptoms at all
CONDOMS CUT OFF YOUR CIRCULATION
False – they can stretch to 18 inches round
WITHDRAWAL BEFORE EJACULATION PREVENTS PREGNANCY
False – a man produces about 13 million sperm when he ejaculates
and leaks about 2 million at any point before that.
YOU CAN’T GET PREGNANT IF YOU HAVE SEX IN WATER
False – sperm are very good swimmers!
YOU CAN AVOID PREGNANCY/STIs IF YOU WASH AFTER SEX
False – and you may destroy beneficial good bacteria.
THE PILL OR AN IUD GIVES SOME PROTECTION AGAINST STIs
False – they only prevent pregnancy not STIs
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Lifestyle MOT – The Wheel of Life
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The 8 sections of the wheel aim to represent a balanced lifestyle. Take the centre of the wheel as 0 (totally
dissatisfied) and the outer edge as 10 (totally satisfied). Rank your level of satisfaction in each area with a cross on
the relevant spoke.
Draw a line to join the crosses together. How balanced does your wheel look? Are there specific areas where you
would like to make changes? Use the goal setting activity sheet to set some clear, achievable goals!
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Lifestyle MOT – Goal Setting
Areas of my life
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My goal (s)
What I need to
learn/find out
Physical
environment
Health
Money
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Personal growth
Fun/recreation
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Sex & relationship
Career/school
Friends & family
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Actions I need to
take
Who can help
me?
Top 10 Websites
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www.drinkaware.co.uk/
Drinkaware has information, advice
and resources
www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/HealthAndRelationships/
ConcernedAbout/DG_183882
Direct.gov has information and links
for young people
www.need2know.co.uk/health/addictions
Need 2 know’s advice on dealing
with addiction
www.thesite.org/drinkanddrugs
The Site has information & advice for
young people
www.kca.org.uk/
Kent Centre for Addiction operates
across the county
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfo/
mentalhealthandgrowingup/drugsandalcohol.aspx
RCP fact sheets on drugs & alcohol
www.alcoholissues.co.uk/AlcoholAwarenessCategory.html
Alcohol Issues has a range of articles
on alcohol awareness
www.drinking.nhs.uk/
NHS advice on alcohol
www.kent.gov.uk/health_and_wellbeing/substance_misuse/
alcohol_awareness.aspx
KCC alcohol awareness resources
www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/
Alcohol concern is the national
agency on alcohol misuse
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‘Smoking shouldn’t be banned because smokers contribute a lot of money to the country through
the taxes they pay on cigarettes’ Discuss (point out that smokers also cost the NHS millions a year
in treatment for smoking related diseases)
‘Smoking on screen should be banned because young people, especially, will think it’s ok to
smoke if their hero does’ Discuss.
Why do sportspeople take drugs? If it’s not acceptable for them to use drugs to win, is it ever
acceptable for people to use drugs?
There’s a legal limit for the amount of alcohol you can drink before driving. Should there be
alcohol/drug limits for all public activities? |Is it acceptable to drive after taking any drink or drugs
– should the limit be set at zero? For more information see
http://thesite.mobi/homelawandmoney/law/introuble/drinkdriving
View the anti smoking videos here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2009/sep/18/fightback-smoking-rankin and then discuss the issues – how effective was the video? Would it be
effective in making you stop smoking? Or would the economic argument (how much it costs) or
political arguments (the tactics of the tobacco companies to get young people hooked as early as
possible) work better?
Ofcome have produced a report on young people and alcohol advertising
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/alcohol_advertising/ – should alcohol advertising
be banned on health grounds? Should the sale of cheap alcohol be banned? Are there any other
opinions that the team didn’t cover? Whose opinion do you agree with?
Try the smoking cost calculator at Smokefree http://smokefree.nhs.uk/quit-tools/cost-calculator/
How much could you save – and what would that buy you in a week/month/year? Try doing the
same thing with drinking. If you cut down or gave up altogether, what could you afford to do that
you can’t afford to do now?
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PARODY ADS: Ask the group to think about alcohol advertising they’ve seen on TV/hoardings. Discuss the
themes in the ads – what do you notice about the way alcohol is portrayed? Split the group into several
smaller groups and ask them to develop their own ads using the following ideas: DRINKING IS RISK FREE,
IT’S GOOD TO DRINK EVERY DAY, DRINKING IS A MAGIC POTION THAT CAN TRANSFORM YOU, SPORTS &
ALCOHOL GO TOGETHER. Ask young people to think about the way that alcohol is portrayed as something
glamorous, something that makes you popular, that it’s ok to do every day, that makes life interesting and
that you must do when you’re involved in certain activities e.g. watching sport. Ask the ads to show the
real stories behind the myths – the risks of drinking (e.g. Having unprotected sex), the problem behaviours
associated with drinking (e.g. Alcoholism, the consequences of drinking (e.g. Violence, drink driving), the
health factors (e.g. Associating something with health risks with a healthy activity). Watch the ads and
discuss how effective they are.
WHAT’S IN THE BAG: print out the sheet below – ask young people to draw what they think they might
find in the bag. Remind them there are no right or wrong answers and encourage them to think of
everything that could be found in a bag of drugs e.g. Prescription drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. Compare
the different sheets – are all drugs bad for you or can some be beneficial? Medicines are drugs but not all
drugs are medicines. Did anyone include tobacco or alcohol in the bag? If not why not? For follow on
activities see http://www.colchester-drug-alcohol.org.uk/downloads/drug_ed.pdf
SUBSTANCE USE QUIZ: if you make the decision to use a substance, is it better to be informed about it, or
just dive straight in? Can you decide which of these statements are fact or fiction? (Can also be used to
play the Myth or Fact game – see Lifestyle MOT activities)
SUBSTANCE USE WORDSEARCH: can you find these substances – and the words associated with their use
– in the grid?
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What’s in the bag?
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One day you’re walking down the street and you see a bag on the pavement. You can’t see
anyone around who might have dropped it, so you pick it up and look inside and find it’s full of
drugs...Draw/write the names of what you find in the bag in the picture below. What did you do
next? Go to the police? Talk to an adult?
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Substance Use Quiz
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Alcohol makes you feel good during and after using it
Alcohol is more addictive than tobacco
You can’t become physically dependent on cannabis
You can’t become addicted to prescription drugs
The effects of a pint of beer wear off in about half an hour
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Different types of alcoholic drinks contain different types of alcohol
Smoking produces the same type of gas as a car exhaust
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Withdrawal from heroin is highly dangerous
Magic mushrooms are a legal high
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Substance Use Quiz - Answers
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Alcohol is a depressive and excessive use causes a range of health
problems
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Both are addictive but tobacco is considered to be a more addictive
drug
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But it can cause psychological dependence where users think they
need it to enjoy life
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You can become addicted to prescription drugs extremely easily and
withdrawal can have unpleasant side effects
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It takes your body about 2 hours to eliminate 1 pint of beer
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All alcoholic drinks contain ethyl alcohol – there are other types of
alcohol but they’re extremely dangerous if drunk
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Yes, both produce carbon monoxide
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Withdrawal is not dangerous but it may be unpleasant with cramps
and vomiting
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Although they grow in the wild, fresh and prepared magic
mushrooms became a Class A drug in 2005
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Top 10 Websites
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www.bbc.co.uk/health/emotional_health/mental_health/
emotion_esteem.shtml
BBC health self esteem pages and
links
www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=240&np=
298&id=2111
CYH self esteem resources (Australia)
www.livinglifetothefull.com/index.php
Living life to the full is an online
lifeskills course
au.reachout.com/find/articles/self-esteem-feeling-ok-about-whoyou-are
Reach Out has a useful self esteem
factsheet (Australia)
http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome
Mood Gym offers free CBT resources
to build self esteem (Australia)
www.pdfqueen.com/pdf/lo/low-self-esteem-nhs-guide-pdf/
NHS downloadable pdf guides
www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/selfesteem.htm
Netdoctor self esteem factsheet
www.selfesteemawareness.com/selfesteem_quiz.htm
Take the self esteem quiz
www.madebeautiful.org/
Made Beautiful has self esteem
resources for young women
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A841358
BBC h2g2 has hints and tips on raising
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Watch the Dove video on girl’s self esteem issues http://vodpod.com/watch/776824-dove-agirls-self-esteem (PLEASE SCREEN VIDEOS BEFORE USE). Discuss the issues it raises
with the group – are they issues they face or have come across?
Eleanor Roosevelt said "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." Have a
group discussion about this quote. What does it mean? How true is it? Can you think of
cases where it might not be true? In what kinds of situations would this quote be most useful
to remember?
Establish a Self Esteem Charter – brainstorm the things that build high self esteem
(achievement, support from friends & family, respect, setting goals etc) and ask the group to
turn them into personal statements ‘I will...’ ‘I deserve....’ Write the charter up on flip chart
paper and display on the wall or ask young people to design a poster.
Ask the group what they think their individual strengths and achievements are – talk about
how these are linked to building good self esteem. Ask each member of the group to design
a symbol that sums up the qualities and strengths they have, then present them to the group
and discuss (remember this is an opportunity for celebration not for criticism – encourage
discussion on the lines of ‘I think he/she should also have included X as they’re very good at
it’). As an extension activity, each young person could put the symbol on a poster/badge/Tshirt
Take one of the following quizzes:
http://www.selfesteemawareness.com/selfesteem_quiz.htm
http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/questions/self_esteem_abridged_1.html
Discuss the results with the group – what strategies can you use to raise self esteem (see
top 10 websites for useful information)?
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CIRCLE TIME: Start incorporating circle time into group sessions. Ask the group to sit on the floor in a circle and ask
everyone to introduce themselves (you could also ask everyone to share something about themselves or their day at
this point). Now start a round by introducing a phrase and incorporating it as part of a sentence e.g. ‘today I’m
feeling...excited because I’m going to a wedding tomorrow’. Other good starters include ‘I wish I was with (a certain
person)/in (a certain place)’....’, ‘What makes me laugh is...’, ‘My goal for today is....’. If anyone makes a personal
disclosure, follow up at an appropriate time and place.
Establish some ground rules with the group – see introduction for ideas.
LOVE BOMBING: Ask everyone to write their name on a piece of paper and put them in a hat (or similar receptacle).
Draw names at random and ask the person whose name you have drawn to go out of the room. Now ask everyone
in the room to think of the best thing they can say about that person. Then ask the person to come back into the
room and get everybody to pay their compliments. Make sure you allow enough time for everyone to have a go and
give them the opportunity to feedback on how they feel – what has surprised them? What were they unaware of?
What made them feel best?
GOOD ADVICE: Ask the group to imagine that they will one day be parents. Ask them to think about the advice they
would give their child when they reach the same age that the group are now. Ask them to tell the child what makes
them feel bad about themselves and good about themselves and to give them advice about having good self
esteem. This can be written as a letter, or tape recorded, even produced in the form of a rap or poem.
THE POWER OF PERSUASION: ask everyone to bring in examples of ads aimed at young people. Ask each young
person to prepare a presentation about their ad that talks about the following – the appeal of the ad, the
assumptions the ad makes about young people, if the ad is intended to make the viewer feel good or bad about
themselves, does the ad appeal to young people with high self esteem or low self esteem?
ACHIEVEMENT: Self esteem is linked very closely to personal achievement (see http://www.self-esteeminternational.org/content/5-research.htm) so working with young people towards recorded and accredited
outcomes – and giving young people ownership of those achievements – is an excellent way of embedding and
building self esteem into every session.
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The Bucket
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Self esteem has been compared to a bucket of water – it starts out full when we’re born, but as
soon as we develop negative beliefs about ourselves, we poke holes in the bucket and the self
esteem starts to trickle out. Which of these things would you put in the bucket? And which of
them make holes?
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