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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 (Author)
Other Authors: Deutsch, Charles (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011]
Series:The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa.
Change (Psychology) > Health aspects > South Africa.
Health education > South Africa.
Occupational health services > South Africa.
Peer counseling > South Africa.
Consumer Health & Fitness.
Education & History Of Education.
Labor History.
Sida > Afrique du Sud.
Éducation sanitaire > Afrique du Sud.
Services de médecine du travail > Afrique du Sud.
Entraide > Afrique du Sud.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
AIDS (Disease)
Health education
Occupational health services
Peer counseling
South Africa
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. "Empowered with Information I Have Influenced a Lot of People": The Quest for Behavioral Change
  • 2. "People Are Dying, but They Don't Listen When We Tell Them": The Corporate Response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
  • 3. "For the Love of People": Peer Education as a Response from Below
  • 4. Backstage Social Divisions
  • 5. Slipping Out of Order
  • 6. To Speak with One Voice
  • 7. Social Space, Leadership, and Action: Peer Education and Behavioral Change
  • Appendix 1: Tables
  • Appendix 2: Methodology
  • References
  • Index