Promoting abstinence, being faithful, and condom use with young Africans [[electronic resource] ] : qualitative findings from an intervention trail in rural Tanzania / / Mary Louisa Plummer
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Plummer Mary Louisa
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| Titolo: |
Promoting abstinence, being faithful, and condom use with young Africans [[electronic resource] ] : qualitative findings from an intervention trail in rural Tanzania / / Mary Louisa Plummer
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.9609678 |
| Soggetto topico: | Youth - Sexual behavior - Tanzania |
| HIV infections - Tanzania - Prevention | |
| Safe sex in AIDS prevention - Tanzania | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Tables; Figures; Case Studies; Boxes; Acknowledgments; Part I. BACKGROUND; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. Research Methods; Chapter Three. Typical Young People's Lives and Sexual Relationships; Part II. INTERVENTION EVALUATION; Chapter Four. MEMA kwa Vijana Intervention Overview and Community Mobilization; Chapter Five. The MEMA kwa Vijana School Program; Chapter Six. MEMA kwa Vijana Health Services and Condom Distribution; Chapter Seven. Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana Intervention; Part III. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PRACTICED LOW-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIORS |
| Case Study Series 1. "So It Is Like This! Not For Me": Young People Who AbstainedChapter Eight. Abstinence; Case Study Series 2. "This One is Enough": Young People Who Limited Their Partner Number and/or Were Monogamous; Chapter Nine. "Being Faithful": Limiting Partner Number and/or Practicing Fidelity; Case Study Series 3. "The First Time He Didn't Have One, So I Refused": Young People Who Used Condoms; Chapter Ten. Condom Use; Part IV. INTERVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS; Chapter Eleven. Intervention Recommendations; APPENDICES; Swahili and Sukuma Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines how the "ABC" behaviors - Abstinence, Being faithful, and Condom use - can be promoted more effectively with young rural Africans. It draws on an extraordinarily large qualitative study affiliated with a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania. The book assesses the process and impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual health intervention; examines the motivations and strategies of youth who practiced low risk behaviors; and provides detailed recommendations for school and community programs.</spa |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Promoting abstinence, being faithful, and condom use with young Africans |
| ISBN: | 1-283-73342-0 |
| 0-7391-6845-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786498703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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