Do the Malawian Secondary School Pupils’ Perceived Needs in HIV/AIDS Education Provide an Initial Measure of the Effectiveness of the Curricula? The Case of Zomba Urban Secondary Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Makocho ◽  
Jenny Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Initial Measure ◽  
Secondary School Pupils ◽  
Hiv Aids

Opinion on Aids Prevention and Education among Rural Secondary School Pupils in the Northern Province of South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-595
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
The Body ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Secondary School Pupils ◽  
Hiv Aids

The study investigated perceptions of AIDS prevention and education among 308 Grade 11 pupils (132 boys and 176 girls), secondary school pupils (mainly Northern Sotho and Tsonga) in the Northern Province of South Africa. They were chosen randomly from three rural schools in Mankweng district and were ages 17 to 25 years ( M age=19.1 yr., SD=2.8). Analysis of ratings given on items of a questionnaire on AIDS prevention and education indicated that ‘Isolating people who are HIV positive’ and ‘How to protect yourself from getting HIV/AIDS’ received the highest ratings. Factor analysis extracted three factors on AIDS education explaining 48% of the variance. The items loading strongly on the first factor were use of condoms (.54), giving information (.53), finding a cure (.52), and no sex outside marriage (.42). On AIDS education two factors were extracted accounting for 52% of the variance. The first factor had significant item loadings for ‘sexual behaviour and HIV/AIDS’ (.75), ‘knowledge of self-protection’ (68), how AIDS/HIV affects the body' (.66), and ‘alcohol and sexual behaviour’. These findings should contribute to the development of health promotion initiatives directed at AIDS/HIV.

HIV/AIDS EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: TEACHER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS: TEACHER ATTITUDE ABOUT AND CONTROL OF HIV/AIDS EDUCATION

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer ◽  
Supa Promtussananon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Hiv Aids

The aim of this study was to assess secondary school teachers' comfort in teaching adolescents about sexuality and HIV/AIDS, behavioral control and outcome beliefs about HIV/AIDS education and teacher knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The sample consisted of 54 male (35.6%) and 96 female (64.4%) secondary school teachers who were mostly life skills teachers, from 150 schools across South Africa. Findings suggest that most secondary school teachers, are knowledgeable about AIDS, feel moderately comfortable teaching students about AIDS-related topics, have the knowledge and ability to teach about HIV/AIDS, but lack some material and community support. Teacher in-service training was found to have a significant impact on perceived behavioral control of HIV/AIDS education and HIV/AIDS knowledge.

Factors associated with teachers’ implementation of HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS Care ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mathews ◽  
H. Boon ◽  
A. J. Flisher ◽  
H. P. Schaalma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Hiv Aids

Perception of Illness among Secondary School Pupils in South Africa: Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and Alcoholism

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
School Students ◽  
Gradual Onset ◽  
Hiv Aids

The study investigated beliefs of 121 high school students in Grade 11 about people who are ill with malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholism. The sample of Black pupils were chosen at random from two rural secondary schools in one region in the Northern Province of South Africa. Analysis indicated that HIV/AIDS was clearly distinguished from the other three illnesses by being seen as the least easily cured, having the most gradual onset, being the most contagious, showing the least look of illness, and the patients being likely those most blamed for their illness.

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