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

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- (-)
Other Authors: Deutsch, Charles, contributor (contributor), Deutsch, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press 2009.
Ithaca, NY : [2011]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Culture and politics of health care work.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa.
Peer counseling > South Africa.
Change (Psychology) > Health aspects > South Africa.
Occupational health services > South Africa.
Health education > South Africa.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009664696806719
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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