The effect of HIV/AIDS awareness and support initiatives on the perceived risk of HIV infection among head teachers in Ugandan schools
The effect of HIV/AIDS awareness and support initiatives on the perceived risk of HIV infection among head teachers in Ugandan schools
In response to higher perceived risks of HIV infection in the education sectors, many sub-Sahara African countries have school- and community-based HIV/AIDS awareness (SCBHA) and school-based HIV/AIDS support (SBHS) initiatives. Using ordinal logistic and Rasch scaling, this study utilizes the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) data to predict the strength and direction of the associations between school- and community-based initiatives and the perceived risk of HIV infection reported by head teachers. Findings indicate SCBHA and SBHS significantly predict the odds of the perceived risk of HIV/AIDS infection. Sociodemographic and contextual factors confound some of the associations.
Mugendawala, Hamis
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Serra Hagedorn, Linda
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Mugendawala, Hamis
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Serra Hagedorn, Linda
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Mugendawala, Hamis and Serra Hagedorn, Linda
(2017)
The effect of HIV/AIDS awareness and support initiatives on the perceived risk of HIV infection among head teachers in Ugandan schools.
Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.
(doi:10.1080/15381501.2016.1274702).
Abstract
In response to higher perceived risks of HIV infection in the education sectors, many sub-Sahara African countries have school- and community-based HIV/AIDS awareness (SCBHA) and school-based HIV/AIDS support (SBHS) initiatives. Using ordinal logistic and Rasch scaling, this study utilizes the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) data to predict the strength and direction of the associations between school- and community-based initiatives and the perceived risk of HIV infection reported by head teachers. Findings indicate SCBHA and SBHS significantly predict the odds of the perceived risk of HIV/AIDS infection. Sociodemographic and contextual factors confound some of the associations.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 December 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 31 January 2017
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