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| Outcomes of a community-based HIV/AIDS education programme for rural older women in Botswana | | Author(s) | Sheila D Tlou |
| Journal title | Southern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 7, no 2, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 23-26 |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Older women ; Rural areas ; Botswana. |
| Annotation | The experiences and outcomes are described of a community-based educational programme to prevent HIV infection in older rural women in Botswana. The article also describes how these women are used as a resource to educate members of their communities in the prevention of the disease. The programme used a primary health care approach to develop and test gender-specific and culturally relevant materials for the older women. Programme evaluation used a quasi-experimental design with older women an a second village serving as a control group. 6 months after implementation, the older women in the target village were more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS than those in the control village. The sexually-active women were practising safer sex, and all were collaborating with health personnel in community activities for HIV/AIDS prevention and cure. These activities are continuing and are being sustained by the village health committee. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990206209 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: CC: LK2: BD: RL: 7PE |
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