Open AccessFormative Work and Community Engagement Approaches for Implementing an HIV Intervention in Botswana Schools
Author(s) -
Kim S. Miller,
Haddi Jatou Cham,
Ellen Taylor,
Faith L. Berrier,
Meghan A. Duffy,
Jessica Vig,
Lily Chipazi,
Chawada Chakalisa,
Sekou Sidibe,
Kenau Swart,
tobeko Sylvia Tau,
Leslie F. Clark
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303225
Subject(s) - formative assessment , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , medicine , government (linguistics) , randomized controlled trial , psychology , family medicine , medical education , nursing , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , surgery
Providing adolescents with evidence-based sexual risk reduction interventions is critical to addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Project AIM (Adult Identity Mentoring) is an innovative, evidence-based, youth development intervention that is being evaluated for the first time in Botswana through a 3-year (2015-2017), 50-school cluster randomized controlled trial, including testing for herpes simplex virus type 2 as a sexual activity biomarker. Conducting a trial of this magnitude requires the support and collaboration of government and community stakeholders. All school staff, including teachers, must be well informed about the study; dedicated staff placed at each school can help to improve school and community familiarity with the study, improve the information flow, and relieve some of the burden study activities places on schools.