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PSHE - Up Close and Personal
More Than Love
Programme 1
No Respect

Aims:
To raise awareness of:



Synopsis:

00.00-06.13
Hospital corridor - Sue violently sick. [Flashback until 19.15.] Home 4am. Father furious, mother calm. Sue doesn't care. Bedroom - drinking, phoning. Calls boys - show no respect.

06.14-10.58
Goes to party - deceives parents. Drinking out of control. Comes on to boys. Girls try to get her home. Snogs Darren. Feels ill - friends try to help. Tells them to get lost. Has sex with Darren.

10.59-16.09
Morning - ill, moody. Mother worried. At college - everyone talking about her - she thinks it's great. Misjudges Jess. Tells Jen about unprotected sex. Jen concerned - disease; pregnancy. Latter negative. Relief.

16.10-19.14
Clubbing. Back with Darren to others' disbelief. Drinking competition. Gets off with other boy - goes outside. He gets rough. She escapes. Mistaken for prostitute. Mugged. Darren picks her out of gutter.

19.15-24.10
Parents arrive at hospital. Wants mum to stay. Risky lifestyle emerges. Hasn't used barrier contraception - needs tests. Parents supportive - glad she's OK.

Curriculum Relevance:

Major PSHE and Citizenship focus. Cross-curricular: English and Drama, media, psychology, religious and moral education.

England & Wales Key Stage 4

PSHE

Citizenship

Northern Ireland

Learning for Life and Work Area (14-18)

Local and Global Citizenship Strand

Personal Development Strand (Including PSHE and Home Economics)

Scotland

Scottish Executive: Guidance on PSD, Citizenship and Sex Education - middle to upper secondary stages.

Background Information:

Teen alcohol consumption - a rising trend
In the 11-15 group, alcohol consumption has more than doubled in the last ten years. There has been a similar, though not quite so marked increase, among 16-24 year olds. The UK has some of the highest levels of consumption of alcohol among young people in Europe. Binge drinking, particularly dangerous in terms of health and personal safety, is practically unique to the UK.

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Recent statistics from Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinics across the UK show a dramatic increase in chlamydia and genital warts, especially in the 15-19 age group.

Chlamydia
The most common female gynaecological bacterial infection. Can also affect men. Can affect the urethra, vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes. Often there are no symptoms, particularly in women, though can cause discharge and make urinating painful. The real health risk is infertility. One in three women who are infected get pelvic inflammatory disease, which damages the fallopian tubes making it difficult to conceive. In men chlamydia can cause inflammation in the tubes in the testes where sperm are produced, leading to fertility problems. Chlamydia can be identified from testing a fluid sample from the vagina or urethra. Antibiotic treatment for both partners will clear up the infection.

Genital warts
Over 20 different types of human papilloma virus (HPV) can lurk in the vagina and penis - only a few cause visible genital warts which may not cause any symptoms and, if they are out of sight, inside the vagina or anus, or around the cervix, no one may know they are there. Since some wart viruses are linked to early cancerous changes in the cervix and vulva in women, the penis in men, and the anus in both sexes, it is important to have them checked out. See Links.

Sources of help and advice
Research reports frequently show that younger teens in particular have a lack of awareness of GUM and birth control services, and where to find them. Approaches to improving health and well-being of young people need to address this, and to make sure services are accessible and appropriate. See Links.

HIV and AIDS - the risks
The risk of exposure to HIV is related to a person's sexual behaviour. People who have sex without taking precautions to protect themselves from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases put themselves, and any future partners, at risk. The more partners they have without taking precautions, the greater the risk. Given that viruses and bacteria are part of the human condition, education about sexual health, and protection from sexually transmitted infections is essential for people of all sexual orientations, as is the practice of safer sex.

HIV and AIDS - UK trends
While the incidence of AIDS itself is low in the UK there has been a marked rise in people diagnosed with HIV infections over the last ten years. Recent figures suggest that for those likely to have been infected as a result of heterosexual intercourse, numbers have more than doubled since 1992.



Activities:

Focusing on views and experiences of young people in the film provides a safety net for students and teachers when discussing sensitive issues. Teachers should familiarise themselves with relevant guidelines and policy in relation to content.

Before viewing

Depending on the context, teachers may wish to focus student viewing on the following:

  1. Sue's lifestyle, and associated risks
  2. Her relationship with family members
  3. Her relationships with male and female friends

After viewing

  1. Devise a chart with a five-point scale showing low risk to high risk. Ask students to identify risks that Sue takes, and where they rate these on the scale.

    Is everyone in agreement about the risks, and where they should be placed?
    Can students account for any disagreement?
    What could Sue do to reduce risks identified?
    What might prevent her doing this?
    What might help?

  2. What do you feel about the relationship between Sue and her parents?

    Do they behave in a reasonable way towards her?
    Does she behave in a reasonable way towards them?
    Does the father have the right to lay down rules, stop allowance, etc.?
    Why do you think he waited up for her?

  3. What are students' opinions about the way the boys view Sue?

    What evidence is there to support these opinions?
    What are students' opinions about the way in which the girls view Sue?
    Can students identify any inconsistencies in the behaviour of both girls, and boys?
    Can they account for these?
    What are their feelings about Darren and his behaviour?

Key questions

  1. What would students do if Sue were their daughter?
  2. What do students think the greatest risk to Sue is?
  3. Could anybody else help Sue?



Links:

This web page contains links to other websites that are not under the control of and are not maintained by Channel 4 Television. Channel 4 Television is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not necessarily endorse the material on them.

http://www.brook.org.uk
Brook online is aimed at young people and designed to address concerns about sexuality from their perspective. Provides clear information on a range of issues.

http://www.fpa.org.uk
I need help now - answers a range of questions about sex and relationships and suggests further sources of help, nationally and locally. Useful contraception and sexual health guide.

http://www.wrecked.co.uk
Developed by Health Promotion England. Aims to educate young people 17-25. Information on individual drugs, origins, effects, the law, risks and emergency situations. Section on alcohol.

http://www.playingsafely.co.uk
Good on resisting pressure to have sex and insisting on safer sex. Information on: avoiding pregnancy, using a condom correctly and avoiding HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Sexual health clinic listings are given for the whole of the UK.



Credits:

Sound Recorder: MATT BACON
Camera Operator: DAVE FAIRLINE
Online Editor: SIMON GIBLIN
Music by: EMRE RAMAZANOGLU, KIRIS HOUSTON
Art Director: KEITH DUNNE
Editor: HUGH WILLIAMS
Production Designer: HELEN WYGLENDACZ
Director of photography: PHIL WINN
Producer: STEVE WENNET
Executive Producers: DUNJA NOACK, PAUL SUMMERS
Written and Directed by RAY KILBY
Webnotes: IAIN RAMSAY

 Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for 4Learning