The Use of National Youth Service Corp Members to Build AIDS Competent Communities in Rural Edo State Nigeria
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Abstract
This paper focuses on the community component of a larger action research project on HIV Prevention for Rural
Youth (HP4RY), funded by the Global Health Research Initiative (Canada). It began with ethnographic research in
10 communities selected using geographic representative sampling and random assignment to one of three research arms. Using the AIDS Competent Community (ACC) model developed by Catherine Campbell, the ethnographic research identified factors in six domains that contributed to youth vulnerability to HIV infection. This was followed by recruitment, training and deployment of three overlapping cohorts of young adults (n=40) serving in Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), to mobilize youth and adults in the communities to increase communities’
AIDS competence over a nearly 2 year period. Monthly reports of these Corpers, observations of a Field Coordinator, and community feedback supported the conclusion that communities moved towards greater AIDS competence and reduction in youth vulnerability to HIV infection (Afr J Reprod Health 2012 (Special Edition); 16[2]: 71-85).
Résumé
Cet article se concentre sur la partie communautaire d’un plus grand projet de recherche d’action sur la prévention du VIH en faveur de la jeunesse rurale, financé par le Global Health Initiative (Canada). L’étude a commencé avec la recherche ethnographique dans 10 communautés choisies à l’aide d’un échantillon représentatif géographique et une attribution aléatoire à une des trois sections de recherche. A l’aide du modèle de la Communauté Compétente du SIDA (CCA), élaboré par Catherine Campbell, la recherche ethnographique a identifié des facteurs dans six domaines qui ont contribué à la vulnérabilité des jeunes à l’infection du VIH. Ensuite, il y a eu le recrutement, la formation et le déplacement de trois cohortes de jeunes adultes qui se recoupent (n=40), engagés dans le service national de jeunes, pour mobiliser les jeunes et les adultes dans la communauté du SIDA au cours de d’environ deux ans. Des rapports mensuels de ces jeunes en service national, les observations d’un coordinateur sur le terrain et une réaction communautaire ont soutenu la conclusion que les communautés ont avancée vers une meilleure compétence du SIDA et une réduction dans la vulnérabilité des jeunes à l’infection du VIH (Afr J Reprod Health 2012 (Special Edition); 16[2]: 71-85).
Keywords: HIV prevention, youth, community mobilization, NYSC, AIDS Competent Community Framework
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