Changing the Course of AIDS : Peer Education in South Africa and Its Lessons for the Global Crisis /

Changing the Course of AIDS : Peer Education in South Africa and Its Lessons for the Global Crisis /

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Changing the Course of AIDS is an in-depth evaluation of a new and exciting way to create the kind of much-needed behavioral change that could affect the course of the global health crisis of HIV/AIDS. This case study from the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic demonstrates that regular workers serving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickinson, David, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Aids
Peer counseling.
Occupational health services.
Health education.
AIDS (Disease)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Services de medecine du travail.
Éducation sanitaire.
Éducation sanitaire > Afrique du Sud.
Services de medecine du travail > Afrique du Sud.
Entraide > Afrique du Sud.
Sida > Afrique du Sud.
Occupational Health Services
Health Education
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Health education > South Africa.
Occupational health services > South Africa.
Change (Psychology) > Health aspects > South Africa.
Peer counseling > South Africa.
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa.
Südafrika <Staat>
South Africa.
South Africa
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Empowered with information I have influenced a lot of people" : the quest for behavioral change
  • "People are dying, but they don't listen when we tell them" : the corporate response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
  • "For the love of people" : peer education as a response from below
  • Backstage social divisions
  • Slipping out of order
  • To speak with one voice
  • Social space, leadership, and action : peer education and behavioral change.

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