Empowering the People: Development of an HIV Peer Education Model for Low Literacy Rural Communities in India
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Human Resources for Health
Volume:
6
Issue:
6
Copyright:
2008
Pages:
31
Description:
Despite ample evidence that HIV has entered the general population, most HIV awareness programs in India continue to neglect rural areas. Low HIV awareness and high stigma, fueled by low literacy, seasonal migration, gender inequity, spatial dispersion, and cultural taboos pose extra challenges to implement much-needed HIV education programs in rural areas. This paper describes a peer education model developed to educate and empower low-literacy communities in the rural district of Perambalur in India. [from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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