Abstract #366  -  Adolescent research: capacity building program on HIV/AIDS
Authors:   Presenting Author:   Chilisa Bagele -
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Aim: The rates of HIV/AIDS among adolescents are alarming in Sub-Saharan Africa, where sexual transmission is the leading cause of infection with HIV. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the Republic of Botswana has the second highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world. A limited capacity and infrastructure for rigorous HIV/STD prevention research has hampered efforts to curb the spread of sexually transmitted HIV infection among adolescents in Botswana. Accordingly, the broad long term objective of the proposed research is to build capacity and infrastructure to develop, implement and evaluate culturally competent, developmentally appropriate, sustainable interventions suitable for implementation in a variety of settings to dissuade Batswana adolescents from engaging in behaviours that increase their risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV. The program is a collaborative effort of a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University OF Botswana and University of Pennsylvania. The capacity building is organized around three cores: the Qualitative and Qualitative Core, the Social and Behavioural intervention core and the Administrative Core. In addition three research projects that draw upon the cores to address adolescents in different settings are proposed mainly: School-Based HIV/STD Prevention, Church-Based HIV/STD Prevention and HIV/STD Prevention for Adolescents Living with HIV. The poster presents the program.
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