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What is this Hep C thing?

What is this Hep C thing?. Education + Resource Centre The Alfred, 2008. What is this Hep C thing?. Interactive Activity for young people Classroom Sessions for teachers. Hepatitis C. Is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver

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What is this Hep C thing?

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  1. What is this Hep C thing? Education + Resource Centre The Alfred, 2008

  2. What is this Hep C thing? • Interactive Activity for young people • Classroom Sessions for teachers

  3. Hepatitis C • Is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver • It is estimated that 1 in 100 Australian have been infected • It is usually a manageable illness and treatments are improving • Will cause liver failure/cancer for a small percentage of the people infected

  4. Hepatitis C • Has no vaccine • Is transmitted from blood to blood • Can be transmitted in amounts of blood too small to be seen • Symptoms are often mild. Some people do not realise they have the virus

  5. Purpose • To increase knowledge about hepatitis C • To reduce transmission of hepatitis C • To reduce discrimination toward people carrying the hepatitis C virus • To reduce the risks associated with contracting the hepatitis C virus

  6. Links to VELS • Set at levels 5 & 6 • Risk taking and safety – Health & Physical Education • Relationships, peer pressure, help giving and help seeking – Interpersonal Development • Human rights – Civics and Citizenship • Consistent with key themes in drug and sexuality education.

  7. Teaching and Learning Approach • Interactive and Explorative • Thematic • Delivered by teachers

  8. Lifestyle Risk Profile Game • Form into groups. • Place ‘Lifestyle Risk Profile Game’ board in middle of table for all to see • Roll the dice six times • Circle square corresponding to the number rolled • When a square for each row has been circled, complete the worksheet • Report back to the group

  9. Discussion Question • What are the key factors that make a behaviour high risk for contracting hepatitis C?

  10. Activities and Content Risk Taking and Safety • Understanding risk taking • How do I reduce the risks of getting hepatitis C? • What lifestyle factors increase health risks?

  11. Activities and Content Relationships, Giving & Seeking Support • How would getting hepatitis C change someone’s life? • Giving Support • Seeking Help

  12. Activities and Content Human Rights • How do you support someone with a chronic health issues? • What makes a health service accessible to young people?

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