Peer Education and Behaviour Change on Hiv/Aids Prevention in Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo District, Kenya: Prospects and Policy.

Dr. Paul A. Odundo

Peer Education and Behaviour Change on Hiv/Aids Prevention in Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo District, Kenya: Prospects and Policy.

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By the end of 2012, about 1.2 million Kenyans were living with the HIV virus; which is expected to reach 1.8 million by 2015, mainly due to new infections. The age bracket 15-24 years provided opportunity for interventions such as peer education to prevent new infections and save future generations from the scourge. The aim of this study was to determine the difference between peer education club members (beneficiaries) and non-members (non-beneficiaries) in terms of behaviour change indicators, including abstinence, faithfulness to a partner, condom use and HIV testing. The study covered eight public secondary schools in Rachuonyo County, where peer education clubs had been operational for two years. The static group comparison design was applied to guide the research process, and primary data sourced from 260 beneficiaries and 212 non-beneficiaries. Club membership and class registers were used to develop sampling frames for beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, respectively.

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Dr. Odundo, Dr. Odundo. 2014. "Peer Education and Behaviour Change on Hiv/Aids Prevention in Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo District, Kenya: Prospects and Policy.". Global Journal of Human-Social Science, Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 14 (GJHSS Volume 14 Issue G4).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

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abstinence behaviour change beneficiaries condom use faithfulness hiv/aids prevalence non beneficiarie peer education public secondary schools

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Submission ReceivedDecember 15, 2013
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Published January 15, 2014

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Country: Kenya

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science

Authors: Dr. Paul A. Odundo, Dr. Urbanus Kioko, Dr. Evanson M. Muriithi, Thomas Odhiambo, Dr. Samwel O. Mwanda (PhD/Dr. count: 4)

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