11.10 Homework

The article "Reducing HIV and AIDS through Prevention (RHAP): A Theoretically Based Approach for Teaching HIV Prevention to Adolescents through an Exploration of Popular Music" investigates the lack of engagement adolescents feel when being educated about HIV prevention, specifically how this lack of engagement takes from the potential of these adolescents to learn and keep themselves safe from STDs, such as HIV. The solution that is being implemented is the RHAP program. The RHAP program looks to raise adolescent awareness of HIV and AIDs through the use of hip-hop/rap music. The program is run through schools, and asks students to identify lyrics that promote behaviors that lead to an increased risk of contracting HIV. Three terms used in this article stuck out to me as unfamiliar. One such term was "sexual script". I now know that a sexual script is an expectation of how males and females are supposed to behave in sexual situations based on their gender. The second term I did not understand was "pedagogue". I have heard this used before, but did not know what it meant. Pedagogue means teacher. Although I likely could have inferred what "self-efficacy" meant before reading this article, its meaning is more clear to me now. This term is used to describe self-confidence, or belief in oneself, especially regarding the ability to reach a goal.