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Title: | Multi-media teacher training and HIV-related stigma among primary and secondary school teachers in Western Kenya |
Authors: | Wachira, Juddy Nyandiko, Winstone Chory, Ashley Baum, Aaron Aluoch, Josephine Ashimosi, Celestine Scanlon, Michael Martin, Roxanne Beigon, Whitney Munyoro, Dennis Apondi, Edith Vreeman, Rachel |
Keywords: | HIV Adolescents Stigma |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Abstract: | living with HIV (ALWH). Teachers critically influence school environments, but are understudied in terms of HIV stigma. We implemented a school-level, cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of a one-day multi-media training on the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (K/A/B) of school teachers in western Kenya. Teachers’ K/A/B were evaluated at baseline and six months. Additionally, we assessed stigma with ALWH enrolled in the included schools to explore the impact of the training. Teachers (N = 311) and ALWH (N = 19) were enrolled from 10 primary and 10 secondary schools. The intervention and control groups did not significantly differ in overall stigma score (mean 1.83 vs. 1.84; adjusted difference, 0.18 [95% CI, −0.082 to 0.045]) at six months; however, we found a trend towards improvement in overall stigma score and a significant difference in the community discrimination sub-scale among secondary school teachers (mean 3.02 vs. 3.19; adjusted difference, −0.166 [95% CI, −0.310 to −0.022]). ALWH reported few experiences of discrimination, but emphasized keeping their HIV status secret (84%). The teacher-training reduced secondary school teacher perceptions of community-level stigma but did not impact individual attitudes or beliefs. |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6679 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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