Daniel U, Efem I, Edet T, Obot E, Daniel B; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12; 11: 320 (abstract no. Th.C.4414).
Nigerian Youth AIDS Program, Calabar, Nigeria. Fax: 234-87-220143.
Objectives: The NYAP essay competition was organized to: (1) Know what strategies the students would prefer in an intervention programme, (2) provide a suitable medium for voicing opinions and (3) encourage research and contributions in newsletters and other publications. Method: Topics were pretested and the most preferred chosen. Advertisement for essay entries stating the topic, means of submission, prizes and deadline were posted on notice boards, halls, hostels, cafeterias in 5 tertiary schools in Calabar metropolis. Students were asked to submit either by post, through the collection centres in the schools, or to the office. All essays were submitted one month after the commencement date. A committee of three professionals was chosen to grade the essays. These were an English language scholar, a medical doctor and a sociologist. Grading was based on strategies/points raised, grammar/punctuation, sentence construction, paragraphing and continuity. Results: Despite the closure of two of the five schools, 83 essays were submitted. Over two thirds of the essays had the same strategies suggested, students from all disciplines participated, males and females were equally represented in the submission, 95% of the suggestions tallied with those used by NYAP, all essays suggested meetings/talks with PLWHIV/AIDS as a good strategy, the best three writers were chosen. An award ceremony for the writers was presided over by the Commissioner for Youth, sports and culture. Winning essays will be published in the NYAP newsletter for distribution to students, NGOs in Nigeria and other countries. Conclusion: The essay competition provided a very visible and appropriate means for involving students in programme planning. The competition has shown that NYAP's strategies have actually paid off and apparently need no major change or modification. More work has to be done in the area of declaration of one's HIV/AIDS status.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adolescent
- Adolescent Behavior
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Male
- Nigeria
- Program Development
- Schools
- Social Behavior
- Students
- Teaching
- education
- methods
- organization & administration
Other ID:
UI: 102220683
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