Sustaining youth peer HIV / STD prevention education.
AIDS STD Health Promot Exch
; (3): 3-7, 1997.
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PIP: This article describes an adolescent, peer-education training program in Jamaica that was developed and operated by the Red Cross Societies of Jamaica and the US and was funded by AIDSCAP. The program aimed to develop a training system to prepare youth peer educators in preventing the spread of HIV infections and sexually transmitted diseases. The goal was to increase knowledge about, change attitudes toward, and develop prevention skills for HIV/AIDS. The initial program was to be replicated on a large scale and be sustainable over time. The program was developed in response to the 1500+ Jamaicans diagnosed with AIDS and the 20,000 or so with HIV infections. Transmission is mostly heterosexual. 15% of girls and 47% of boys are sexually active by 14 years of age, and almost 50% of syphilis and gonorrhea cases are among adolescents. The national training program relies on peer educators, aged 14-19 years, who are literate to the 6th-grade level. Training sessions are conducted for 10-21 persons/session for 27 hours over 3 weekends. Training relies on engaging games and activities. Trainees are taught how to facilitate 14 specific activities, including the correct way to use a condom. Peer educators work together in groups of twos or threes among groups of 10-15 adolescents, aged 10-15 years. By the third year of operation, most of the systems and materials were in place and the program expanded; cost-benefit analysis revealed that costs were returned. The program has continued with a variety of funds and delivery systems and new funding will likely shift the program emphasis. The program has survived with the enthusiasm and support of the trainers. Other start-up programs should ensure the involvement of youth at all stages of development.^ieng
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Adolescents; Age Factors; Americas; Caribbean; Communication; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Education; Health Education; Hiv Infections--prevention and control; Infections; Jamaica; Knowledge Sources; North America; Organization And Administration; Peer Groups; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Evaluation; Program Sustainability; Programs; Reproductive Tract Infections; Sex Education; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--prevention and control; Training Activities; Training Programs; Viral Diseases; Youth
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Grupo Associado
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Educação Sexual
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Ensino
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Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Infecções por HIV
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Educação em Saúde
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Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS STD Health Promot Exch
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Holanda