Article
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 & Social Services
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-31-2017
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.
Copyright Owner
Informa UK Limited
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Hamis Mugendawala and Linda Serra Hagedorn. "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 & Social Services Vol. 16 Iss. 4 (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/linda_hagedorn/45/
This accepted article is published as Mugendawala, H. & Hagedorn, L.S. (2017). The effect of HIV/AIDS awareness and support initiative’s and the perceived risk of HIV/AIDS infection among headteachers in Ugandan schools. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. 17(4); doi: 10.1080/15381501.2016.1274702. Posted with permission.