"skills building and time management": a powerful weapon in hiv/aids awareness and prevention for the youth.

NLM AIDSLINE "Skills building and time management": a powerful weapon in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention for the youth. Sendi EK; Kiwanuka R; Kamatene J; Sebikejje R; Mutekanga A; Otolok-Tanga
December 30, 1998

Int Conf AIDS. 1998;12:1009 (abstract no. 60043). Unique Identifier : ISSUE: Empowering the youth with knowledge and skills about self reliance activities can greatly contribute to the reduction of HIV/AIDS in disadvantaged communities. PROJECT: A community based HIV/AIDS training programme for community volunteers was started by "THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANISATION" (TASO) Uganda to equip these volunteers with basic counselling skills and knowledge on self reliance activities like brick making, crafts, tailoring and rabbit farming. (Case study-Kiyanja Community-Uganda). These volunteers later pass on these skills/knowledge to the community youth after grouping them according to activity of interest. (Youth target group 11-20 years). RESULTS: After training these volunteers for seven months (i.e. March-September 1996). 66 youths were mobilised in a month (October 1996) and training started. After 13 months of their involvement, 35 of them (53%) formed a strong HIV/AIDS awareness club in the community, and 31 (46.9%) reported having used their leisure time profitably by doing income generating activities. Empowering the community to support the youth in self reliance and time management can highly play a big role in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. MEETING ABSTRACTS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION Adolescence Animal Awareness Developing Countries Female Human HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Rabbits Risk Factors Time Management Uganda Vocational Education

Most Read: Latest Added Related Topics White House LGBT Conference on HIV/AIDS UNITED STATES: White House in Atlanta: LGBT AIDS Conference No more single-theme conferences: global HIV prevention conference planned FHI 360 Senior Scientist Lut Van Damme Receives International Microbicide Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and UNICEF Refute Erroneous AIDS Prevalence Figures Photographs from A Day with HIV Now Online Bulgaria urges Libya to investigate AIDS nurses case Engineers enter fight against AIDS in Africa Gilead’s Complera® Non-Inferior to Atripla® Among Treatment-Naive HIV Patients UN chief Ban calls world leaders to end Aids by 2020 Tanzania: Police Abuse, Torture, Impede HIV Services Growing HIV/AIDS awareness in Indonesia's Papua region South Africa: Catastrophe as Eastern Cape drug stock-outs continue Community-led programmes critical to progress on AIDS in Sri Lanka One in Four Surveyed EU5 Physicians Has Been Required to Change a Prescription for Some or Most of Their HIV Patients in the Past Twelve Months, Primarily to Reduce Costs SOUTH CAROLINA: Lawsuit Filed over SC Tuberculosis Outbreak TAIWAN: HIV/AIDS Spreading to Younger People in Taiwan INDIA: WHO Issues Guide For New TB Drug TEXAS: Texas State Researchers Survey Students on HPV Awareness FLORIDA: Groups Offering Free HIV Testing TAIWAN: HIV/AIDS Spreading to Younger People in Taiwan TEXAS: Texas State Researchers Survey Students on HPV Awareness FLORIDA: Groups Offering Free HIV Testing INDIA: HIV Prevention Among Female Sex Workers in India Reduces HIV and Syphilis Tanzania: Police Abuse, Torture, Impede HIV Services Growing HIV/AIDS awareness in Indonesia's Papua region Community-led programmes critical to progress on AIDS in Sri Lanka US program marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby One in Four Surveyed EU5 Physicians Has Been Required to Change a Prescription for Some or Most of Their HIV Patients in the Past Twelve Months, Primarily to Reduce Costs How long can one born with HIV live?
Information in this article was accurate in December 30, 1998. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date. This material is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor. Always discuss treatment options with a doctor who specializes in treating HIV.