ERIC Number: EJ789533
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 9
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In-School HIV & AIDS Counselling Services in Botswana: An Exploratory Study
Sefhedi, Sheila; Montsi, Mercy; Mpofu, Elias
Perspectives in Education, v26 n1 p63-71 Mar 2008
This exploratory study describes the provision of HIV & AIDS counselling services in Botswana junior secondary schools as perceived by teachers. A total of 45 teachers (age range = 20-55; teaching experience range = 0-21 years) from three schools participated. The participants completed a questionnaire on the types of HIV & AIDS-related counselling services provided in the junior secondary schools services, their self-rated HIV & AIDS counselling training needs and their perceived importance of the HIV & AIDS-related counselling services. Descriptive statistical analysis revealed a broad range of HIV & AIDS-related counselling services including life-skills education, care and support education and stigma reduction counselling. Teachers perceived a greater need for training in HIV & AIDS counselling skills and also in the use of information technology to support counselling.
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Student Attitudes, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), School Counseling, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Counseling Techniques, Faculty Development, Social Bias, Consciousness Raising, Counselor Training
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: Counselors; Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Botswana
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