Study Guide for:
“Ignore AIDS? CAN’T!”
© 2003 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
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Study Guide for:
“Ignore AIDS? CAN’T!”
© 2003 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Please use this study guide after viewing the video/DVD.
For a Deaf audience, English text is often best understood if
translated into American Sign Language.
Watch “Ignore AIDS? CAN’T!” at
www.advocatehealth.com/deaf
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People die from HIV?
YES NO
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People die from HIV?
YES NO
HIV cannot kill you, BUT…
HIV can weaken your body’s immune
(prevent sick) system.
 Weak immune (prevent sick) systems
cannot fight germs.
 People with HIV can easily become sick
with germs and infections.
 People with HIV can die from serious
infections (opportunistic infections).

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HIV and AIDS are the same?
YES NO
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HIV and AIDS are the same?
YES NO

HIV and AIDS are different.

HIV is a virus (germ) inside your body.

HIV can destroy your immune (prevent sick)
system…easy for you to become sick.
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HIV and AIDS are the same?
YES NO

When HIV becomes very strong,
your body becomes very weak and sick…
…then you have AIDS.
HIV
HIV
HIV

AIDS 7
Medicine can cure HIV?
YES NO
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Medicine can cure HIV?
YES NO


Medicine can help you live with HIV inside your body.
Medicine can make HIV germs weak inside your body.
Take pill…
Pills
HIV
…and pill fights HIV…
HIV
HIV
HIV
HIV
HIV
…and HIV becomes weak inside body.
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Medicine can cure HIV?
YES NO


Medicine can help you feel better, BUT…
HIV germs always stay inside your body.
Take pill…
Pills
HIV
…and pill fights HIV…
HIV
HIV
HIV
HIV
HIV
…and HIV becomes weak inside body.
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You get HIV from mosquitoes?
YES NO
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You get HIV from mosquitos?
YES NO
HIV cannot live outside your body.
 HIV means

– Human (person)
– Immunodeficiency (weak health)
– Virus (germ)
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You can get HIV from ...

Hug other person?
YES
NO
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You can get HIV from ...

Hug other person
YES
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person?

YES
YES
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person*

YES
YES
NO
NO
*if no cut on mouth
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle?

YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle

YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person?

YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person*

YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
*if no condom
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person
 Share food?

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person
 Share food

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person
 Share food
 Sit toilet seat

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
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You can get HIV from ...
Hug other person
 Kiss other person
 Share drug needle
 Sex other person
 Share food
 Sit toilet seat

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
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If a pregnant woman has HIV,
she can give HIV to her baby?
YES
NO
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If a pregnant woman has HIV,
she can give HIV to her baby?
YES
NO
Y
E
S
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If a pregnant woman has HIV,
she can give HIV to her baby?
YES
Y
E
S
NO
But she can take
medicine to help
stop HIV from
going inside baby.
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If a woman has HIV, she can give
HIV to her baby with breast
feeding?
YES
NO
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If a woman has HIV, she can give
HIV to her baby with breast
feeding?
YES
NO
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HIV is a gay person’s disease?
YES
NO
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HIV is a gay person’s disease?
YES
NO
Doesn’t matter
 Man/Woman
 Light
skin/Dark skin
 Rich/Poor
 Gay/Straight
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People with HIV always look sick?
YES
NO
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People with HIV always look sick?
YES
NO

A few people with HIV look sick.
 Many people with HIV look healthy.
 You do not know who has HIV inside their bodies.
 Only an HIV test tells truth.
HIV?
HIV?
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GET TESTED…
NOW!!
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Study Guide for:
“Ignore AIDS? CAN’T!”
© 2003 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
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