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16791526

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
The calamitous effects of HIV in Africa demand novel approaches to prevention. Young people are an ideal target as early intervention may have long-term benefits. Given their high social status, professional soccer players may be effective in HIV education as role models and educators. In our study, professional soccer players provided HIV education in an interactive curriculum for 7th grade boys and girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Students in intervention classrooms demonstrated significant increases in knowledge and attitudes using pre-, immediately post- and five-month post-intervention surveys. There was a delayed increase in these factors among control students, suggesting a possible diffusion of information from their peers who received the intervention curriculum. Given these results and the magnitude of the HIV epidemic, this pilot program should be replicated in other communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Continual efforts should be made to rigorously evaluate the approach and improve its effectiveness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1090-7165
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S77-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
An adolescent-targeted HIV prevention project using African professional soccer players as role models and educators in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article