Evaluation of an HIV/AIDS peer education programme in a South African workplace

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-264

  Sloan, Nicola M ^a   Myers, Jonathan E ^b  

^a NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 17844407191     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Department of Health. National HIV and Syphilis Sero-prevalence Survey of Women Attending Public Antenatal Clinics in South Africa. Pretoria: DOH, 2000.
2. Evian C, Fox M, MacLeod W, Slotow SJ, Rosen S. Prevalence of HIV in workforces in Southern Africa, 2000 - 2001. S Afr Med J 2004; 94: 125-130.
3. Dorrington R, Bourne D, Bradshaw D, Laubscher R, Timaeus IM. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, Technical Report, 2001.
4. Bassett M. Impact of peer education on HIV infection in Zimbabwe. Sex Health Exch 1998; 4: 14-15.
5. Mbizvo MT, Mmachekano R, MacFarland W, et al. HIV seroincidence and correlates of seroconversion in a cohort of male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe. AIDS 1996, 10: 895-901.
6. Mbizvo MT, Latif AS, Machekano R, et al. HIV seroconversion among factory workers in Harare: who is getting newly infected? Cent Afr J Med 1997; 43: 135-139.
7. Quach TBL, Ngo TK, Ha TB. Changing knowledge and attitude of people toward HIV prevention after 2 year implementing HIV/AIDS education in the workplace. The XIII international AIDS 2000 Conference. Durban, South Africa, 9 - 14 July 2000, Abstract-on-Disk (CD Fom).
8. Gantalao FM. EBA - express bus awareness: A participative education of peers about HIV/AIDS in General Santos City. The XIII International AIDS 2000 Conference. Durban, South Africa, 9 - 14 July 2000. Abstract-on-Disk (CD Rom).
9. Hirschmann De Salazar A. Planning peer education programmes in the workplace. Sex Health Exch 1998; 4: 3-5.
10. Hirschmann de Salazar A, Cano F, Chavez L. Private enterprise HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The XIII International AIDS 2000 Conference. Durban, South Africa, 9 - 14 July 2000. Abstract-on-Disk (CD Rom).
11. Prohaska TR, Albrecht G, Levy J A, Sugrue N, Kim J-H. Determinants of self-perceived risk for AIDS. J Health Soc Behav 1990; 31: 384-394.
12. Katzenellengbogen JM, Joubert G, Abdool Karim SS. Epidmiology: A Manual for South Africa. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1997.
13. STATA. Intercooled Stata 7.0. College Station, Texas: Stata Corporation, USA, 2001.
14. Rosen S, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM, Simon JA. The cost of HIV/AIDS to business in southern Africa. AIDS 2004; 18: 317-324.
15. Bollinger L, Cooper-Arnold K, Stover J. Where are the gaps? The effects of HIV-prevention interventions on behavioural change. Stud Fam Plann 2004; 5: 27-38.
16. Hope KR. Promoting behaviour change in Bostswana: An assessment of the peer education HIV/AIDS prevention program at the workplace. Journal of Health Communication 2003; 8: 267-281.
17. Campbell C. Letting Them Die: How HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Often Fail. Cape Town: Double Storey, 2003.