Changing the course of AIDS : peer education in South Africa and its lessons for the global crisis /

Dickinson, David, 1963-

Changing the course of AIDS : peer education in South Africa and its lessons for the global crisis / David Dickinson ; foreword by Charles Deutsch. - Ithaca : ILR Press, 2009. - xiii, 252 p. ; 24 cm. - The culture and politics of health care work . - Culture and politics of health care work. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

9780801448317 (cloth hardback) 080144831X (cloth)

2009016724

101519655 DNLM


AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
Peer counseling--South Africa.
Change (Psychology)--Health aspects--South Africa.
Occupational health services--South Africa.
Health education--South Africa.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control--South Africa.
Health Education--South Africa.
Occupational Health Services--South Africa.

RA643.86.S6 / D53 2009

HIV 362.1969 Dic 2009

2009 L-496 WC 503.6 / D548c 2009