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Lesson 9.7: Sexual Risks and Low-Risk Intimacy
Lesson Goals
- Identify risky situations.
- Identify ways to lower the risk level of sexual intimacy.
- Make responsible decisions in sexual relationships.
- Communicate assertively in sexual relationships.
Connecting the Lessons
Builds on Lesson 9.3: Sex, Gender and Shared Responsibility, Lesson 9.5: Comprehensive Protection Methods and Lesson 9.6, Preventing STIs.
SEL Skills Addressed
- Self-management
- Relationship skills
- Responsible decision making
Logic Model Determinant(s)
- Address values around abstinence and sex.
- Address attitudes about abstinence and sex.
- Address perceptions of peer norms regarding sexual behavior.
- Increase self-efficacy of SEL skills to delay and /or refuse sex.
- Promote SEL skills to increase use of condoms and/or other protection methods.
- Increase self-efficacy to demand the use of condoms and/or other protection methods.
- Use SEL skills to increase assertive communication in relationships
- Increase knowledge of how pregnancy happens.
- Increase communication with parents and other caring adults.
- Increase knowledge of how drugs and alcohol can affect decision making around sexual behavior.
- Increase awareness of consequences when condoms and/or other protection methods are not used.
- Increase knowledge of resources for community or reproductive health information and services.
- Increase perceived risk in having an older partner.
- Increase perceived risk of STIs.
