Counselling, education and health promotion: a research and competence building programme

Research area(s):
Community approaches - Care and support
Community approaches - Orphans
Community approaches -Prevention

Project start:
01.01.2002

Project end:
31.12.2006

Co-ordinators:
Lie, Gro Th.
Lugoe, Wycliffe L.

Institutions:
Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam
Research Centre for Health Promotion (HEMIL), University of Bergen

Funding source(s):
NUFU (The Norwegian Council for Higher Education’s Programme for Development Research and Education),

Project description:

This programme intends to research on HIV/AIDS risk mitigation and behaviour/life-style change processes among youth in and out of schools. It will also research on coping with the impact of the AIDS-epidemic; Community and caregivers' responses and strategies to meet AIDS orphans' psychosocial and developmental needs.

1. Research on:
¨ HIV/AIDS risk mitigation and behaviour/life-style change processes among youth in and out of schools.
¨ Coping with the impact of the AIDS-epidemic; Community and caregivers'responses and strategies to meet AIDS orphans' psychosocial and developmental needs.

2. Build competence through:
¨ MA (Applied Social Psychology) at UDSM
¨ Sandwich doctoral programme
¨ South-South-North-Networking
¨ Annual Programme Meetings.

Countries:
Tanzania