Youth-Driven HIV Prevention Programmes in South Africa

Social Capital, Empowerment and Conscientisation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3607320
AutoresCatherine Macphail (0000-0002-0614-0157, University of the Witwatersrand, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume32
Fascículo2
Páginas170-196
Data de publicação2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02533950608628731
OpenAlexW2103099661
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas56

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