MODULE I: Introduction and background to the ArOY Campaign; For program monitors

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1. ONLINE VIDEO OPTION: Watch the video below;
2. OFFLINE PDF (DOWNLOADABLE) OPTION: Download the attached PDF, read the material offline, then come back to complete the quizzes. This option allows the data requirements to be minimized, and may be the most cost-effective option for those in Nigeria and other developing countries;
3. ONLINE LESSON TEXT: Read all sections of the texts for this Curriculum, and go on to answer the associated quizzes.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this short Module, participants are expected to:

1. Know the underlying principles of the OCI Foundation’s Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Health Campaign; AND
2. The benefits and unique features of the ArOY Health Campaign.

OPTION 1: ONLINE VIDEO

OPTION 2: OFFLINE PDF

Click HERE to Download the PDF of this lesson. Note that there is a need to return to this page and complete all associated quizzes.2 Introduction and Background MONITORING

OPTION 3: ONLINE LESSON TEXT

1. The Facts
2. Introducing the OCI Foundation’s ArOY Campaign
3. Quiz

1: The Facts

1. Evidence from research publications suggests that anti-breast and anti-cervical cancer enlightenment campaigns should primarily target teenagers (boys and girls) in high schools of developing countries.
2. Integrating preventive cancer strategies into the academic curricula of senior secondary (high) school students (who are mainly in their mid-teens) in Nigeria and other these developing countries, is the primary goal of the OCI Foundation’s Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Health Campaign;
3. This approach is vital given that, cervical cancer particularly, and breast cancer to a reasonable extent, have their roots on populations within the teenage years;
4. This approach may also be the only accessible, affordable and realistic approach that gives millions of Nigerian women a chance at survival from the 2 targeted cancers.
5. Empowering them early instills the self-awareness and confidence necessary for young adults to take charge of their own health.
6. The acquired knowledge, in turn, helps them adopt positive attitudes and preventive behaviours that will ultimately prolong their lives.
7. The recommended approach also offers governments and concerned stakeholders an evidence-based option that allows them to deliver cost-effective and sustainable life-saving interventions, while hoping to get around the bottlenecks that limit the large scale implementation of other effective but capital-intensive strategies.

2: Introducing the OCI Foundation’s ArOY Campaign

1. The OCI Foundation’s Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Campaign is a novel,  Harvard-endorsed, WHO-supported and evidence-based health promotion initiative of the OCI Foundation, which seeks to introduce anti-breast and ant-cervical cancer teachings into the academic curriculum of all senior secondary schools in Nigeria as a way of tackling the cancers.
2. The Campaign aims to start from the high (senior secondary) school years, when most young adults are teenagers.
3. This Campaign also includes boys, given that sexual pressure from men contributes significantly to the problem, particularly with respect to cervical cancer. As such, they should be empowered alongside the women, so as to be part of the solutions if long term beneficial outcomes are to be realized.
4. Should government-sponsored programs come up in the future, the ArOY Campaign will complement them, and help ensure improve compliance, thereby ensuring that any national screening and vaccination programs in developing countries if they are to be effective and sustainable.
5. For now, the unfortunate reality is that, for the foreseeable future at least, is that the ArOY Campaign might remain the only option available to hundreds of millions of women in Nigeria and many developing countries.
6. The Campaign has significant support from a number of reputable national and international organisations, including those from Nigeria, Australia, Canada and the USA.

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