Reflective learning in action research

The Community Dialogue (CD) approach is considered to be significant in teasing out the realities, concerns, priorities and challenges of meeting the needs of young people, which can form the basis for more appropriate preventive interventions. Community dialogue approaches were used in our study, which involved a broad participation of different stakeholders as part of understanding the social contexts of the youth and sexuality, as well as reflecting on what actions the different stakeholders could undertake to reverse the current HIV and AIDS infection trends among the youth. The strategy underscored the community priorities as the basis for intervention/action. After thinking through and discussing the various intervention options, women and girls within their groups reached consensus to implement selected micro-projects which would be combined with HIV/ AIDS education activities. This article describes the key lessons learnt from implementation of these micro-projects through reflection. It describes and analyses the processes and nature of participation, the experiences of participants and facilitators, the challenges and issues relevant to address HIV/AIDS focusing on personal, social and economic considerations within the context of interventions

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