What is the strategy for implementing value-based intervention in schools for adolescent and family health?

The strategy for value-based interventions could focus on the context, content, activity and process.

Context :

The interventions will have to be designed and operationalised differently for different contexts like human anatomy, reproduction etc., in the areas of biology, psychology, sociology and le like. The scientific basis however, would remain intact.

Content:

The design of school interventions will focus on specific life skills. Since most of the contents of adolescent and family health education could be very sensitive, the school interventions need to be Well conceived so as to do justice with the elements of the content as well as the elements of concerned life skills e.g., content to promote decision making based on participatory approach and transparency and laying emphasis on emotional maturity and frankness and developing skills in saying ‘No’ to unacceptable things.

Activity:

For school interventions to be effective it is very important identify both curricular and curricular activities having skill location ability. Proper selection out of the gamut of activities, such as dramatisation, role’-play, storytelling, film show etc., would be necessary. The activities may focus on practice in making well informed choices, exercising personal choices without fear, favour or pressure and the like.

Process :

Activities may serve various objectives but to achieve a particular objective the process may vary to make the whole thing focused and directional. So the process of organising an activity be given serious thought. It should encourage common sense and correct judgement and inculcate a sense of responsibility for the welfare of the other particularly the HIV affected ones. Sense of compassion be encouraged during such processes.