How effective are street youth peer educators?: Lessons learned from an HIV/AIDS prevention programme in urban Uganda

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-376

  Mitchell, Kirstin ^a   Nyakake, Monica ^b   Oling, Juliet ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GOAL Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Independent Consultant ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; HIV; Homelessness; Non governmental organizations; Peer mentoring; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250346136     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710759278     Document Type: Article

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