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Young citizens as health agents: Use of drama in promoting community efficacy for HIV/AIDS

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  • Kamo, N.
  • Carlson, M.
  • Brennan, R.T.
  • Earls, F.

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A community-based cluster randomized control trial in a medium-sized municipality in Tanzania was designed to increase local competence to control HIV/AIDS through actions initiated by children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. Representative groups from the 15 treatment communities reached mutual understanding about their objectives as health agents, prioritized their actions, and skillfully applied community drama ("skits") to impart knowledge about the social realities and the microbiology of HIV/AIDS. In independently conducted surveys of neighborhood residents, differences were found between adults who did and did not witness the skits in their beliefs about the efficacy of children as HIV/AIDS primary change agents.

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  • Kamo, N. & Carlson, M. & Brennan, R.T. & Earls, F., 2008. "Young citizens as health agents: Use of drama in promoting community efficacy for HIV/AIDS," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 98(2), pages 201-204.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2007.113704_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.113704
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    1. Carlson, Mary & Brennan, Robert T. & Earls, Felton, 2012. "Enhancing adolescent self-efficacy and collective efficacy through public engagement around HIV/AIDS competence: A multilevel, cluster randomized-controlled trial," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(6), pages 1078-1087.
    2. Clotilde Fonseca & Maria Eugenia Bujanda, 2011. "Promoting Children’s Capacities for Active and Deliberative Citizenship with Digital Technologies: The CADE Project in Costa Rica," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 633(1), pages 243-262, January.
    3. Judith Torney-Purta & Jo-Ann Amadeo, 2011. "Participatory Niches for Emergent Citizenship in Early Adolescence: An International Perspective," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 633(1), pages 180-200, January.
    4. Mary Carlson & Felton Earls, 2011. "Adolescents as Deliberative Citizens: Building Health Competence in Local Communities," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 633(1), pages 223-242, January.

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