The role of counselling in community support for HIV/AIDS in uganda |
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| Authors: | D. H. Balmer J. Seeley C. Bachengana |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Nairobi , Kenya;2. Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Entebbe , Uganda |
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| Abstract: | HIV/AIDS counselling in medical related programmes focuses upon pre- and post-test counselling. The MRC programme in rural Uganda, a high prevalence area, began with pre- and post-test counselling, but as it was a community based programme this was not found to be adequate. As the programme developed, the counselling service became a way of strengthening the community to withstand the effects of HIV/AIDS. The paper describes the de-centralization of the counselling Programme from a medical centre to community centres. To monitor and evaluate the programme a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators were developed, these are introduced and discussed. |
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