The Drum Beat – Issue 546 – HIV/AIDS Communication
June 14 2010
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This issue includes:
* CI summaries focusing on HIV and MSM
* JOIN in discussions focused on HIV.
* Research and thinking related to MARRIAGE and HIV.
* Places to look for MORE HIV INFO.
* Collected information on MCP.
* MCP in Southern Africa: WEIGH IN.
* TESTING/TREATMENT communication.
* THANKS to our CI Associates.
* HIV MESSAGING.
* Media exposure of HIV-positive people: CAST YOUR VOTE.
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From The Communication Initiative Network – where communication and media are central to social and economic development.
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A variety of issues arise in the context of efforts to prevent and/or treat HIV and AIDS, requiring the adaptation of strategies, the formulation of new approaches, and the development of programming specific to the population being reached. This HIV issue of The Drum Beat examines a sampling of CI knowledge summaries that reflect on communication contexts, challenges, and opportunities.
If you have strategies, experiences, or tools to share that highlight how communication is being used to address the prevention, care or treatment of HIV and AIDS, please send information, at any time, to drumbeat@comminit.com
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HIV AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM)
http://www.comminit.com/en/search/node/hiv+msm
1. HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men – amfAR Issue Brief No. 4
…examines the interaction of identity and behaviours of MSM as context for interventions to prevent sexual transmission of HIV…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/317657/347
2. Ensuring Universal Access to Comprehensive HIV Services for MSM in Asia and the Pacific
… researches models for HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support among MSM in Asia and the Pacific, and includes an analysis of community, identity, space, and sexual desire and behaviour as background for developing policy, strategy, and service programming…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/318044/347
3. HIV/AIDS Interventions in Bangladesh: What Can Application of a Social Exclusion Framework Tell Us?
…uses a social exclusion framework to identify social, economic, and legal forces that heighten the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of excluded groups, including sex workers, injection drug users (IDUs), MSM, and the transgender population (hijras/ hijra population)…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/316966/347
4. Extra-Marital Sexual Partnerships and Male Friendships in Rural Malawi
…investigates, as part of research designed to change men’s non-marital sexual behaviours by harnessing men’s social networks, the roles of 2 types of male friendships – best friends and friends with whom men talk about AIDS…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/311925/347
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Got something to say about HIV/AIDS issues? Join one of the GROUPS on The CI’s Development Networks…or…start your own group!http://groups.comminit.com/og/all?filter0=&op1=OR&filter1[]=347
Two HIV/AIDS-focused groups:
Gender, Education, and HIV/AIDS
http://groups.comminit.com/node/300766
HIV/AIDS Strategy: Future Directions
http://groups.comminit.com/node/306528
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HIV AND MARRIAGE
http://www.comminit.com/en/search/node/hiv+marriage
5. Till Death Do Us Part: Marriage of Young Girls Dooms Zambia’s HIV Response
…does the traditional practice of early marriage in Zambia result in an elevated level of HIV infections among Zambian women?…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/311666/347
6. Gender, Family, and HIV/AIDS in Lesotho
…examines how patterns of marriage and family formation and recent changes in marriage practices in contemporary Lesotho intersect with high levels of HIV infection in young women…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/311672/2674
7. Protecting Young Women from HIV/AIDS: The Case against Child and Adolescent Marriage
…suggests policy changes based on aspects of young women’s lives that may increase their vulnerability to the HIV virus…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/315802/347
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For MORE on HIV…
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C-CHANGE PICKS E-MAGAZINE: http://www.comminit.com/en/cchangepicks_archives.html
SOUL BEAT AFRICA’s HIV/AIDS THEME SITE: http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/hiv-aids.html
THE CI’S HIV/AIDS THEME SITE: http://www.comminit.com/en/hiv-aids.html
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HIV/AIDS knowledge: http://twitter.com/ci_hivaids
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MULTIPLE CONCURRENT PARTNERSHIPS (MCP)
http://www.comminit.com/en/search/node/mcp
8. How Denial of MCP Drives the Indian Pandemic
…looks at the role of MCP in increasing the risk of HIV and other STIs in India, where there is a high prevalence of sex work, STIs, and polygamy…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/307706/2674
9. Multiple Concurrent Partnerships and Gender Power Dynamics: Findings from a Survey of Church-Goers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
…research that examines perceptions about a partner’s infidelity, ability to speak openly with partners about this, and exposure to forms of intimate partner violence…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/302105/2674
10. The Language of Multiple Concurrent Partners, Sex, and HIV and AIDS in Lesotho: Opportunities for Dialogue Promotion
…explores how culturally-embedded communication about HIV and AIDS and sexual behaviour contributes to sustaining the practice of MCP in Lesotho, where using open and direct language runs counter to indigenous concepts of respect and social status…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/305904/2674
11. One Love. Kwasila! – Zambia
…an MCP campaign that includes a television mini drama series called Club Risky Business, plus radio, TV talk shows, a feature-length film, print materials, a website, and bus campaigns…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/297147/347
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Yes – I like this new format of The Drum Beat: http://www.comminit.com/en/YesOn546.html
No – I don’t like this new format of The Drum Beat: http://www.comminit.com/en/NoOn546.html
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Please VOTE in our POLL on MCP Campaigns in Southern Africa
http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/hiv-aids.html
In Southern Africa, HIV prevention communication campaigns, messages, and activities that focus on multiple concurrent partnerships are: (you can choose more than one option)
* very visible
* not very visible
* well coordinated
* not well coordinated
* reaching the correct age group
* not reaching the correct age group
* concentrated in urban areas
* concentrated in rural areas
* well balanced in relation rural/urban
* focused too much on mass media
* focused too much on interpersonal communication
* well balanced in relation to communication strategy
VOTE and COMMENT at http://www.comminit.com/en/node/317116/2781
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HIV TESTING, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT
http://www.comminit.com/en/search/node/hiv+testing+OR+treatment+OR+support
12. Building Linkages and Referrals: A Step towards Sustainability: Alliance India’s Experience
…describes linkages between service providers and clients in providing health care to the most-in-need children of HIV-affected families in India…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/317766/347
13. Partnership Defined Quality: A Methodology for Improving VCT Services for Key Groups in Central America
…explores the Partnership Defined Quality (PDQ) methodology as implemented in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador to improve VCT services…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/312797/2674
14. Facilitating HIV Testing and Disclosure with Children and Adolescents
…examines barriers and challenges in facilitating HIV testing and disclosure for children 0-18 years, including possible highly emotional responses and unintentional psychological outcomes…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/317724/347
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CI ASSOCIATES
Our thanks to the Communication and Development Studies Programme at Ohio University for their renewed support through the CI Associates process – http://www.comminit.com/en/node/274172/36
Please consider joining Ohio University and other CI Associates who are «giving back» by helping preserve, sustain, and advance this growing knowledge sharing and strategic development process. Many levels of participation are open!
For a full list of current CI Associates, please see http://www.comminit.com/ci_associates/members
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HIV MESSAGING METHODS
16. Nivedita – India
…a television serial drama advocating human rights, gender equality, and a reduction in HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/311824/347
17. Mobilising for Life: Protecting Papua (MFL)
…HIV prevention peer education sessions in more than 200 remote communities in Indonesian Papua including hour-long audio programmes, modelled on a radio programme format, recorded to MP3 files, and distributed to the communities to be played on solar-powered MP3 players…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/317754/347
18. Assessment of Utilization of the HIV Interventions by Sex Workers in Selected Brothels in Bangladesh
…examines the strategy of peer education for reaching female sex workers with messages on STIs and HIV and AIDS prevention in 4 large brothels in Bangladesh…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/312743/347
19. Scaling-up «Together We Can»: A Proven Peer Education Program and Community Mobilization Strategy for Youth HIV Prevention
…reports on one year of a 6-year effort to reach more than 1,060,000 youth through interpersonal and participative approaches in Guyana, Haiti, and Tanzania…
More here: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/316164/2674
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Please VOTE in our POLL on HIV Media Exposure Risks:
http://www.comminit.com/en/hiv-aids.html
What reception or risks do HIV-positive people in your community face when their status is exposed in the media? (you may choose more than one; please add clarifying comments)
* repercussions of physical danger.
* banishment.
* loss of family support.
* increased personal access to treatment.
* increased community and peer support.
* none of the above.
VOTE and COMMENT – http://www.comminit.com/en/node/310787/347
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RESULTS THUS FAR (June 11 2010):
29% loss of family support.
18% increased community and peer support.
18% banishment.
17% increased personal access to treatment.
13% repercussions of physical danger.
5% none of the above.
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Yes – I like this new format of The Drum Beat: http://www.comminit.com/en/YesOn546.html
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This issue of The Drum Beat was written by Julie Levy.
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