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Implementing a community intervention to reduce young people's risks for getting HIV: Unraveling the complexities
Author(s) -
Visser Maretha J.,
Schoeman Johan B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.10086
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , qualitative research , process (computing) , action (physics) , action research , outcome (game theory) , management science , medicine , sociology , computer science , psychiatry , social science , family medicine , pedagogy , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system , mathematics , mathematical economics
The ineffectiveness of community‐based interventions can often be traced to problems that occur during implementation. In this study, we outline the implementation of a human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) prevention program in an educational setting in South Africa. An action research approach was used in the implementation of the intervention and a process and outcome evaluation, integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods, was made. The research illustrated the various levels of interaction in the community and the complexity of the processes involved in the implementation of interventions to facilitate community change. Social ecological theory, systems theory, and the social constructional approach are used to clarify the complexities of the implementation of community interventions. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 32: 145–165, 2004.