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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Peer educators"”.
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An evaluation of the Zululand University peer educators' programme
… of the Zululand University HIV/AIDS peer educator programme. The evaluation was surnmative in nature. The research design was a pre-post-test control group design and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data collection and data analysis. The outcome measures used …
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Learners awareness of HIV/AIDs and their attitudes towards peer educators in secondary schools
… of HIV/AIDS and their attitudes towards peer educators in secondary schools. The Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal Province introduced peer education as one of the intervention programmes aimed at equipping secondary school learners with the knowledge and life skills on HIV/AiDS …
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Non-performance by HIV and AIDS peer educators within the Department of Agriculture, Eastern Cape Province
… prevention and education programmes like the Peer Education Programme. Some factors were however identified, indicating that the Peer Education Programme might not be successful, which could be linked to the non-performance of HIV and AIDS Peer Educators. The goal of this study is to explore …
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Strengthening Peer Educators Competencies in Educating Youth on HIV Prevention in Vingunguti Ward in Ilala Municipal Council
This project’s aimed at strengthening peer educators competencies in educating youths on HIV prevention and behaviour change through training. Community assessments identified HIV prevention among youths as the major pressing need that had to be addressed and MYE as the local NGO to host the …
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“You are making a difference” : effects of peer-to-peer education on self-esteem of peer-to-peer educators
Aim of this study was to examine effect of peer-to-peer education on self-esteem and on other characteristics of the young people that got a summer job as peer-to-peer educators. The study was both qualitative and quantitative. Participants in both the quantitative (N=16) and qualitative (N=7) were …
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"I know where you can find out more": The role of peer educators in promoting quality use of medicines among seniors
… information needs. Seniors are trained as peer educators to convey QUM messages to other seniors in a single group session. However, there is a dearth of research assessing peer education for seniors about medicines, and little understanding of what peer educators do in practice. This …
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An evaluation of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust's Birds and Bees peer education programme in Khayalitsha
… and Bees programme. The Birds and Bees is a peer education programme that aims to create safer schools by decreasing incidents of sexual violence in schools and increasing the reporting of sexual violence. The programme in its current form has been implemented in high schools in Khayelitsha …
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Increasing Farmers Market Access among Low-Income Shoppers in Washington State: Understanding the Role of Peer-to-Peer Programs
OBJECTIVE: To describe a sample of peer-to-peer (P2P) farmers market programs, explore perceptions about the impacts of P2P programs, and to evaluate the factors that contribute to the success of this initiative. The study also examines how these findings relate to key indicators in the SNAP-Ed …
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Culinary skills: Immediate and intermediate impacts of a peer-education intervention for adolescents
… skills lessons was to determine the efficacy of peer-educators compared to adult-educators in lesson fidelity as well as participant psychosocial parameters of knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy. Two culinary skills lessons were implemented, and the immediate and intermediate effects of the …
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Impact and reach of a peer-led health education intervention utilizing harm reduction strategies in an incarcerated population
… Health is Community Health: The New Mexico Peer Education Project (NMPEP) was developed by Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to address the epidemic of Hepatitis C transmission in the New Mexico state prison system. NMPEP is a low-cost, peer-led health education …
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A description of peer education programs in public institutions of higher education in Virginia
… of this research was to determine the status of peer education programs in state-supported institutions in Virginia. The result of this research was to provide base-line data relative to peer education programs in colleges in Virginia. Survey research methodology, specifically interview by …
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The Role of Peer Education Programme in Creating Youth Awareness on Sexual Matters: The Case of Buguruni Ward, Ilala Municipality
… was carried out to examine and asses the role of peer education among youths in managing and shaping their sexual behavior. The study further looks into the weaknesses and strengths in the peer education framework in Tanzania. The study employed case study design, which provided the opportunity …
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Girl Scouts Empower Other Girl Scouts to Consume 3-A-Day™ of Dairy
… in which osteoporosis education is delivered by peers in children. A 3-A-Day™ of dairy peer education program was developed by local Girl Scouts with the purpose of teaching other Girl Scouts about the importance of calcium intake and weight-bearing activities in the prevention of osteoporosis, …
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An Integrated Research Practice Partnership to Explore and Develop Physical Activity Resources Within a Statewide Program
… an evidence-based physical activity resource for peer educators employed by FNP to use. The video suite, Move More, Virginia!, was created as open-access and includes demographically diverse individuals, representative of FNP clients. Study I determined client perceptions of physical activity and …
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Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS
Despite the popularity of sex(uality) peer education as an HIV prevention strategy within diverse contexts, an understanding of the experiences of those intimately placed within these programmes is limited. Instead, the majority of research in this field relies on hegemonic notions of rational …
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The role of peer education in the prevention of HIV and AIDS amongst the youths with disabilities in selected schools/units of Mansa, Zambia.
… endeavoured to establish the importance of peer education in the prevention of HIV and AIDS among the physically impaired learners. It was conducted in four special schools in Mansa of Luapula Province of Zambia. The study used simple random sampling and purposive (typical case) sampling …
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The role of peer education in the prevention of HIV and AIDS amongst the youths with disabilities in selected schools/units of Mansa, Zambia.
… endeavoured to establish the importance of peer education in the prevention of HIV and AIDS among the physically impaired learners. It was conducted in four special schools in Mansa of Luapula Province of Zambia. The study used simple random sampling and purposive (typical case) sampling …
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Health Literacy: Knowledge and experiences of Traveller women.
… improve their health literacy That the method of peer educators is a positive approach to raising awareness of health in the Traveller community A cross sector health and adult education approach is needed to help address Travellers health literacy
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Assessment of Strength and Limitations of Drug Use Interventions: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality
… institutions: Drug Control Commission, Kimara Peer Educators, Blue Cross, YOVERIBE, Mwananyamala Hospital (MAT) and the Kinondoni Social Welfare Officeas well as two hotspots. It is essentially a cross-sectional design. Methods and techniques of data collection in this study were: structured …
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An implementation evaluation of a peer education programme
… evaluation was to assess the implementation of peer education programme, in order to recommend areas of improvement for future implementation. As a response to problems associated with high-risk behaviours and HIV prevalence amongst young people in Sub Saharan Africa, the Generation of Leaders …
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