YDF Manual for HIV Prevention

The foundation module — the YDF Manual for Coaches — still constitutes the first introduction to the complex topic of HIV prevention, whereas the short module on ‘HIV Prevention’ builds on the different forms of reaction that are possible and elaborates in detail on tips for taking action. YDF is convinced that every coach needs to build on general basic-training skills in order to implement the ‘YDF Manual for HIV Prevention’ successfully and, as such, needs to be familiar with the content of the ‘YDF Manual for Coaches’.

Key aspects of the YDF Manual for HIV Prevention include:

• examining the coach’s roles and responsibilities together with the needs and entitlement of young people in the context of HIV/AIDS;
• learning how the coach helps to protect young people from HIV infection and addressing the issue of HIV/AIDS in their communities;
• providing information about HIV/AIDS, its stages of infection, the origin of the virus and about the impact the pandemic has globally and in sub-Saharan Africa;
• getting to know the facts on how HIV is transmitted, how to prevent the virus from being transmitted and how to deal with myths; and
• providing the coach with methods of applying the information gained in previous lessons, complemented by a large number of practical HIV-education sessions through football sessions.

In line with all the other YDF manuals, this manual is also equipped with case-study boxes and with training and lesson worksheets.

Visit the YDF website to download the YDF Manual for HIV Prevention and read more about its exciting background.