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Changing the course of AIDS : peer education in South Africa and its lessons for the global crisis /

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Changing the Course of AIDS is an in-depth evaluation of a new and exciting way to create the kind of much-needed behavioral change that could affect the course of the global health crisis of HIV/AIDS. This case study from the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic demonstrates that regular workers serving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickinson, David, 1963-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2009.
Series:Culture and politics of health care work.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa.
Peer counseling > South Africa.
Change (Psychology) > Health aspects > South Africa.
Occupational health services > South Africa.
Health education > South Africa.
Health education.
Occupational health services.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Health Education
Occupational Health Services
South Africa
Sida > Afrique du Sud.
Entraide > Afrique du Sud.
Services de médecine du travail > Afrique du Sud.
Éducation sanitaire > Afrique du Sud.
Éducation sanitaire.
Services de médecine du travail.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
AIDS (Disease)
Peer counseling.
South Africa.
Aids
Südafrika <Staat>
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Empowered with information I have influenced a lot of people" : the quest for behavioral change
  • "People are dying, but they don't listen when we tell them" : the corporate response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
  • "For the love of people" : peer education as a response from below
  • Backstage social divisions
  • Slipping out of order
  • To speak with one voice
  • Social space, leadership, and action : peer education and behavioral change.