| Author: Kiragu, Karusa, Murungaru Kimani, Changu Manathoko, and Caroline Mackenzie |
| InfoShare Partner: Horizons Program |
| Publication Date: August 2006 |
| Update Date: March 2007 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Adolescents/youth, Financing/management, HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS care/treatment, Infectious diseases, other |
| Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 752 KB |
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Research Update: Most school-based HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa rely on teachers as behaviorformation
and behavior-change agents to deliver prevention messages to children. Few
target teachers as the direct beneficiaries even though teachers themselves are at risk of HIV infection. In a study of primary school teachers in Rachuonyo District in Nyanza
Province, Kenya, Mumah et al. (2003) found that 36 percent of married respondents had sex with more than one partner in the year preceding the survey. There is therefore an urgent need to understand the dynamics of risk-taking behavior among this population in order to develop appropriate interventions. This is particularly crucial in Kenya because teachers represent the country’s single largest workforce, comprising 240,000 professionals.
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