Using school-based early warning systems as a social and behavioral approach for HIV prevention among adolescent girls
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Date
2020
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Routledge Studies in Health in Africa
Abstract
A growing body of literature discusses social and behavioral approaches to
HIV prevention. In a recent literature review of adolescent-focused HIV
prevention research by Pettifor et al., (2018), the authors noted the need
for combining HIV prevention strategies addressing individual, dyadic
(peer/partner/parent), community (e.g. school environment), and societal-
level risk and protective factors. In a systematic review of programs for
HIV prevention among youth in sub-Saharan Africa, Harrison et al., (2010)
concluded there should be emphasis on social risk factors for HIV, including
gender, poverty, and alcohol, adding that future programs should work
to change social norms and target structural factors contributing to HIV
infection among adolescents. In 2008, Coates et al., called on the behavioral
science community to better inform promising cognitive-behavioral,
persuasive communications, and peer education approaches with theoretical
frameworks. More recently, Govender et al., (2018) reviewed key challenges
for mitigating HIV risk through sexual contact among young people
in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), the region with the highest HIV
burden. Overall, researchers and practitioners recommend that interventions
focused on adolescents and young people should be developed using
theoretical frameworks, contain multiple strategies, and comprehensively
engage different levels of the ecosystem (schools, communities, individuals,
families).
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Keywords
School-based early warning systems, Social and behavioral approach, HIV prevention, Adolescent girls
Citation
DeSoto, J., Belsan, A., Wamala, R., Ochaya, V., Lulua, R. L., Ekpo, G., ... & Benson, S. (2020). Using school-based early warning systems as a social and behavioral approach for HIV prevention among adolescent girls. Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa, 280.