Changing the course of AIDS : peer education in South Africa and its lessons for the global crisis / David Dickinson ; foreword by Charles Deutsch.

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, David, 1963-

Publication:

Ithaca : ILR Press, 2009.

Series:

Culture and politics of health care work.
The culture and politics of health care work

Format/Description:

Book
xiii, 252 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa.
Peer counseling -- South Africa.
Change (Psychology) -- Health aspects -- South Africa.
Occupational health services -- South Africa.
Health education -- South Africa.

Contents:

"Empowered with information I have influenced a lot of people" : the quest for behavioral change
"People are dying, but they don't listen when we tell them" : the corporate response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
"For the love of people" : peer education as a response from below
Backstage social divisions
Slipping out of order
To speak with one voice
Social space, leadership, and action : peer education and behavioral change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

080144831X
9780801448317 (cloth)

OCLC:

319690969

Publisher Number:

99951335640

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