Where to from here? - Hepatitis Australia

Clean Mods,
Safe Bods
Enabling hepatitis C education in high
schools
Hepatitis Australia Conference| November 2013
Shannon Wright and Nicole Taylor
Barriers to hepatitis C education in high schools?
• Relevance
• Competing priorities
• Preparation time
• Confusing topic/contradictory
information
• Engaging for students
Quick preparation, easy facilitation
• Self timed Prezi presentation with voiceover
• Educator’s guide• Basic information about hepatitis C
• Step by step instructions for each activity
• Straightforward activities with clearly defined goals
Activities
• Discussion- do you have a tattoo
or piercing?
• Transmission game
• Hannah’s Story + discussion
• Quiz
Relevance to teachers
• Transmission risks
• Reasons why young people seek backyard body art
• National Drug Strategy 2010-2013
Key messages for students
• Transmission risks
• Basic knowledge around the virus
• What to do if you may have been exposed?
• Treatment availability
• Stigma and discrimination
Engaging young people..
Bright, colourful, young
Body art
Busting myths
Busting myths
Busting myths
Addressing stigma and discrimination
amongst young people
Where to from here?
• Piloting resource in schools
• Evaluation
• Finding school champions
• Statewide launch – term 1, 2014
• Can be adapted for other states
Where to from here?
For more information:
Shannon Wright
Educator, Hepatitis SA
Telephone: 08 8362 8443
Email: shannon@hepatitissa.asn.au