HIV prevention: researching the critical success factors of peer education

OBJECTIVES

• Evaluate the peer education program of the Red Cross in Rwanda
• Study the personal, social, cultural, political, economic
  and other determinants of sexual risk behaviour among young people in Rwanda
• Study the needs of young people concerning HIV prevention
• Formulate recommendations for the adaptation of peer education
  program based on the determinants of sexual risk behaviour and the needs of the
  young people
• Develop an adapted program based on the identified determinants and the needs of the young people
• Examine the preferred prevention method of the Rwandan youth

METHODS

• Quantitative methods: standardized questionnaires
• Qualitative methods: group analysis and focus group discussions

ACTIVITIES

• Field study in Rwanda
• Training of Rwandan researchers
• Study the determinants of sexual risk behaviour and the needs of the young people
• Examine to what extent the existing peer education program involves
  the determinants of sexual risk behaviour and to what extent it answers to the
  needs of the young people