Investigating the impact of partner inclusion on behavior : a field study in workplace HIV prevention programming

[摘要] The purpose of this research was to determine the efficacy of an innovation in HIVprevention programming in Ukraine, which leverages the culture of Ukrainian society byappreciating its values and incorporating them into the strategy. Analysis of the resultsindicates that positive changes in two of the questions of the Behavioural Models weresignificant among the participants of the Experimental Group. This was not seen in theControl Group. The number of respondents from the Experimental Group who spoke to theirpartner about HIV/AIDS in the past month increased during the month after the training. Thenumber of people who were tested for HIV during the month after training also increased.Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that participation of employees'sexual partners in HIV prevention programs can influence Behaviour Models and lead todesired changes in this area changes in Behaviour Models, which are very important and aswe can see depends much on participation of both sexual partners in training.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University