Youth-Driven HIV Prevention Programmes in South Africa

Social Capital, Empowerment and Conscientisation

Bibliographic Data

ID3607320
AuthorsCatherine Macphail (0000-0002-0614-0157, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume32
Issue2
Pages170-196
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02533950608628731
OpenAlexW2103099661
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited56

The community-level attributes of two youth HIV prevention initiatives in a single community are examined using the concepts of social capital, empowerment and critical consciousness. The school-based peer education programme and youth-initiated public clinic ‘add-on’ facility for the treatment of adolescent sexually transmitted diseases had differing experiences in terms of implementation, community acceptance, sustainability and achieving their goals. By examining the role of conscientization, networks for accessing resources and power, and community acceptability of adolescent HIV prevention, this paper describes the differing experiences of these two programmes. The paper indicates the need for true adolescent agency in challenging the social constructions of adolescent HIV risk at the social and community levels

Critical consciousness · Economic growth · Empowerment · Family medicine · Health education · Pedagogy · Peer education · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Youth empowerment · Youth engagement · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Community Health and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology