Project

The added value of a theory-based design for the development, the implementation and the evaluation of HIV-education programmes in sub-Sahara Africa. A case-study in secondary schools in Rwanda

Code

3F011307

Duration

01 October 2007 → 30 September 2012

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Marleen Temmerman

Fellow

Kristien Michielsen

Research disciplines

Medical and health sciences
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Social medical sciences

Keywords

determinants of behaviour sexual risk behaviour education AIDS/HIV Rwanda prevention

Project description

The research aims at developing a model of determinants of sexual risk behaviour. Also instruments for measuring these determinants, both quantitatively and qualitatively, will be developed. The study investigates whether such theoretical model contributes to raising the impact of HIV-education.