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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"AIDS education"”.
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AIDS education: A social constructionist approach (Immune deficiency).
AIDS and HIV is a constantly growing concern in North American society. Adolescents and youth are considered to be groups in particular risk because of their unsafe sexual practices. Previous positivist research efforts attempted to understand adolescent risk as a function of their knowledge and a …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
Modern sex education recognizes that adolescents need formal guidance and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
Modern sex education recognizes that adolescents need formal guidance and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted …
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Attitudes of teachers towards sexuality and HIV and AIDS education
… attitudes of teachers towards sexuality "and HIV/AIDS education in Mthatha schools. The objectives were threefold. First, the study intended to determine the attitudes of educators towards the inclusion of sexuality education. Second, it investigated whether the attitude of educators has an impact …
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An investigation of organisations' current approach to HIV/AIDS Education programmes
… employee knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS infected employees to establish the viability of the organisation's current HIV/AIDS approach to education programmes and if an alternative intervention strategy is necessary to reduce the ignorance, negatives attitudes and anxiety about the …
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Life-skills curriculum for high schools: its effectiveness in AIDS education
… school learners have a basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS, but that knowledge on its own is not enough to assure safe sexual behaviour. The prevention of HIV/AIDS among South African leamers is therefore a priority. This study thus hopes to impart a means by which knowledge, attitudes and behaviour …
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Engaging Immigrant Religious Organizations in HIV/AIDS Education: The Role of Social Networks
… potential as an influential site for HIV/AIDS education. Using data from a study of Chinese immigrant religious organizations in New York City, this paper examines if specific forms of social capital are associated with an organization's likelihood of being involved in HIV/AIDS activities. …
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Evaluating the implementation of HIV and AIDS education in schools in the uMhlathuze District
Implementing HIV and AIDS education in schools has for some time faced challenges in South Africa. Although much has been achieved in terms of policy, the implementation thereof has remained questionable. Monitoring and evaluation has the ability to determine the achievement of policy or program …
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HIV/AIDS Education in the Public High Schools of Three Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, continues to grow worldwide. The only way to stop infection is to educate the population on prevention by identifying methods of transmission and behaviors that put a person most at risk. Schools are an effective place to teach young people about HIV. …
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HIV/AIDS education in Kenya: an evaluation of policy, provision and practice in secondary schools
One of the key responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis has been the provision of School- based HIV/AIDS education, to try and improve teenagers’ ability to make wise and sensible decisions regarding their behaviours. The interventions have been premised on links between education and behaviour, the …
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Discourses of health, sexuality and gender in the H360° HIV/AIDS education portal on MXit.
… investigate what types of discourses around HIV/AIDS emerge from queries submitted to the mobile application H360°, which is an educational portal on MXit, South Africa’s most popular messaging platform. These queries are analysed in order to identify how gender and other power relationships …
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The modification, implementation, and evaluation of an HIV/AIDS education programme for students in year 10
This research addresses the issue of HIVIAIDS education for Year 10 students. The purpose of this study was twofold: to provide baseline data on students’ knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about HIV and AIDS (Phase 1), and to evaluate the effect of an education intervention on possible determinants …
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An analysis of communication tools employed for HIV/AIDS education by student support services at universities in KwaZulu-Natal
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Management Sciences (Public Management), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction as a strategy for HIV /AIDS education and training for health care professionals
HIV/AIDS remains as one of the leading public health concerns worldwide for over two decades. With the rising numbers of individuals diagnosed with this disease, healthcare professionals are being impacted in their daily practice. Thus, an educational self-study CD-ROM on "HIV/AIDS Prevention, …
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The Effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction as a strategy for HIV/AIDS education and training for health care professionals
… being impacted in their daily practice. Thus, an educational self-study CD-ROM on "HIVIAIDS Prevention, Early Intervention, and Health Promotion" was developed by the Mountain Plains AIDS & Education Training Center. To evaluate the effectiveness of this educational CD-ROM program, 221 health care …
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Knowledge and understanding of an HIV/AIDS education workshop in a multinational organisation : an evaluation of the AIDS Champions workshop at Shell Southern Africa
HIV/AIDS poses a global medical epidemic threatening social and economic development in most developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa currently bears the brunt of the epidemic with close to 30 million people infected with the disease. South Africa has the second fastest growing infection rates in …
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An Analysis of National HIV/AIDS Education Efforts Among 15-39 Year Olds and Health Care Workers Applying the Health Belief Model (HBM) in Six Cities in Sonsonate, El Salvador
… used the Health Belief Model (HBM) to assess HIV/AIDS knowledge, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, and behavioral practices within the population throughout the State of Sonsonate, El Salvador. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was also utilized to display the results of this …
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