A controlled study of an HIV/AIDS/STI/TB intervention with traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| Autor: | Karl Peltzer, George Petros, Nolwandle Mngqundaniso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Referral Adolescent education Population Health Behavior Psychological intervention Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV Infections Therapeutics South Africa Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Intervention (counseling) Health care medicine Humans Health Education Aged education.field_of_study Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Traditional medicine business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Health Services Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Family medicine Health education Female Health Facilities Medicine Traditional business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and behavior. 10(6) |
| ISSN: | 1090-7165 |
| Popis: | Traditional healers play an important role in southern Africa culture and health care including the HIV epidemic. Here we report among the first controlled studies of an HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and tuberculosis (TB) intervention for traditional healers in South Africa. At baseline 233 traditional healers were assessed in four selected communities in the KwaZulu-Natal province and received either an experimental intervention or a no intervention control condition. The intervention group received training in HIV/AIDS, STI, and TB prevention over 3.5 days as well as a supervisory follow-up visit. At 7–9 months follow-up intervention effects were significant for HIV knowledge and HIV and STI management strategies including conducting risk behavior assessments and counseling, condom distribution, community HIV/AIDS and STI education, and record keeping. The study found a high level of preparedness among traditional healers to work with and refer patients to biomedical health practitioners, yet no higher levels of referral to biomedical practitioners were found after the training. |
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