Essays about: "HIV prevention communication"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words HIV prevention communication.

1. 1. Condommication

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Lovisa Melnyk; Sanne Kleiner; [2013]
   Keywords : Health communication; behaviour change communication; HIV AIDS; youth; Ghana; interpersonal communication; mass media; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Problem: HIV/AIDS is one of the most challenging health and development issues of modern times. This study takes place in Ghana, which is one of the countries that have made progress in the HIV/AIDS work during the last years. READ MORE

3. 2. Can Sweden Learn from Botswana with Regard to HIV Prevention Communication? : A Study about Risk Perception, Risk Behaviour and HIV Prevention Communication in Sweden and Botswana

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Borg; [2013]
   Keywords : HIV prevention communication; Botswana; Development Communication; Target Group; Communication for Empowerment;

   Abstract : We know that Sweden's HIV communication strategy does not specifically address young women, while Botswana's HIV communication strategy does. The overarching aim of this study is therefore to investigate whether Sweden should and could learn from Botswana with regard to focus on women in the HIV communication strategy. READ MORE

4. 3. Taking a Walk with the Birds and the Bees

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Michael Isenberg; [2011]
   Keywords : parent; teenager; sex; communication; Choma; Zambia; PTSC; condoms; abstinence; pregnancy; abortion.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study was conducted in order to gain an in-depth understanding of Parent-Teenage Sexual Communication (PTSC) by focusing on a small town in Zambia. Recent studies have suggested that African parents are breaking traditions and beginning to speak with their children about the dangers associated with sexual risk, and this study aims to further what we know about how African parents and their children communicate on this subject. READ MORE

5. 4. mHealth : Mobile phones in HIV prevention in Uganda

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Akademin för humaniora, utbildning och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Axel Salomonsson; [2010]
   Keywords : Health communication; HIV prevention; mHealth; Hälsokommunikation; HIV prevention;

   Abstract : mHealth – Mobile phones in HIV prevention in Uganda by Axel Salomonsson Abstract The use of ”new”  interactive media like the Internet and cell phones in health education is not an entirely new phenomenon and studies shows promising results from such information campaigns in developed countries[1]. In the area of HIV/AIDS prevention, however, no scientific studies have been made on the effects of mobile phone-based information campaigns in developing countries. READ MORE

6. 5. HIV/AIDS Prevention in Uganda : a Success Story

   University essay from Handelshögskolan BBS

   Author : Emma Hallin; Johanna Olsson; Sofia Lundemo; [2008]
   Keywords : Uganda;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay was to examine which marketing tools have contributed to Uganda’s accomplishments in the prevention of HIV and AIDS. We wanted to investigate whether or not marketing as a phenomenon actually can contribute to a better good, and how it is possible with non-profit marketing, where there are no goals of making financial profits, to reach out with proper knowledge to an entire population. READ MORE