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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HIV prevention in action on the football field: The Whizzkids United Program in South Africa
AIDS and Behavior, Volume 17, No. 6, Year 2013
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Description
The Africaid Trust is a grassroots South African non-profit organization that engages youth in HIV prevention by harnessing the popularity of football (i.e. soccer). WhizzKids United, the organization's primary program, operates a 12-week program in elementary schools in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, which aims to impart knowledge and life skills critical to HIV prevention. The goal of this research was to compare elementary school youth who received the program to youth who only received traditional classroom-based HIV education on health behaviors and HIV-related knowledge and stigma. A secondary objective was to evaluate HIV knowledge, sexual behaviors, attitudes towards HIV and health care seeking behaviors among South African youth in grades 9-12. Elementary students who participated in the program reported greater HIV knowledge and lower HIV stigma (p <.001) than those who had not. The majority of youth in grades 9-12 report having sexual relations (55.6 %), despite low levels of HIV testing (29.9 %) in this high HIV prevalence region of South Africa. The results highlight the importance of supporting community-based HIV educational initiatives that engage high-risk youth in HIV prevention and the need for youth-friendly health services. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Authors & Co-Authors
Balfour, Louise
Canada, Ottawa
L'hôpital D'ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Farrar, Thomas
South Africa, Durban
Africaid
McGilvray, Marcus
South Africa, Durban
Africaid
Wilson, Douglas P.K.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Tasca, Giorgio A.
Canada, Ottawa
L'hôpital D'ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Spaans, Johanna N.
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Mathews, Catherine
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Maziya, Lungile
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Khanyile, Siphosihle
South Africa, Durban
Africaid
Dalgleish, Tracy L.
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cameron, D. William
Canada, Ottawa
L'hôpital D'ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10461-013-0448-6
ISSN:
10907165
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa