Abstract
Peer education is a community-based intervention being implemented worldwide as an approach to HIV prevention. However, its results are inconsistent, with little consensus on why some projects succeed while others fail. Considering peer education as an ‘intervention-in-context’, we systematically compare the context and the implementation of two peer education interventions run by sex workers, one in India and one in South Africa, which produced contrasting outcomes. In so doing, we aim to identify key factors in the projects’ successes or failures that may inform future peer education efforts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 123-135 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | American Journal of Community Psychology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2009 |
Keywords
- HIV prevention
- peer education
- public health