Building capacity and community resilience to HIV: A project designed, implemented, and evaluated by young Lao people
Building capacity and community resilience to HIV: A project designed, implemented, and evaluated by young Lao people
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建设抗击艾滋病毒的能力和社区抵御能力：由老挝年轻人设计、实施和评估的项目
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Michael J. Toole
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Damian G Hoy;K. Southavilay;Niramonh Chanlivong;C. Phimphachanh;V. Douangphachanh;Michael J. Toole
一个群众性青年组织、一个国家艾滋病毒协调委员会和一个国际机构结成伙伴关系，在老挝人民民主共和国青年部门实施艾滋病毒能力建设项目。让当地社区参与情况分析、规划和技能建设是该项目的一个主要重点。地区项目工作队接受了情况分析、战略规划、提案拟订和艾滋病毒预防活动执行方面的培训。年轻的乡村志愿人员接受了参与性研究、分析和行为改变交流方面的培训，以促进艾滋病毒预防。6年后，该伙伴关系使用定性方法评估该项目在当地的成果。我们发现，地区项目工作队和青年志愿者在他们接受培训的领域提高了技能。社区和地方政府工作人员对本地区的艾滋病毒状况有了更好的了解，并对自己的活动计划表现出强烈的主人翁意识。年轻人更愿意承认个人感染艾滋病毒的风险，也更愿意谈论性传播感染。尽管在某些地区维持项目活动存在挑战，但我们发现，我们的方法有助于让青年参与进来，并在这个低流行率国家建立他们对艾滋病毒的复原力。
Abstract A partnership was formed between a mass youth organization, a national HIV coordinating committee, and an international agency, to implement an HIV capacity building project in the youth sector of Lao PDR. Involving the local community in situation analysis, planning and skills-building was a key focus of the project. District project working teams were trained in situation analysis, strategic planning, proposal development, and the implementation of HIV prevention activities. Young village volunteers were trained in participatory research, analysis, and behaviour change communication to promote HIV prevention. After 6 years, the partnership used qualitative methods to evaluate the local outcomes of the project. We found that district project working teams and young volunteers had improved skills in the areas in which they had been trained. Communities and local government workers had developed greater understanding of the HIV situation in their districts, and expressed a strong sense of ownership over their activity plans. Young people more readily acknowledged personal risk of HIV infection and were more comfortable talking about sexually transmitted infections. Although there were challenges to sustaining project activities in some areas, we found that our approach helped to engage youth and build their resilience to HIV in this country of low prevalence.