A child's mind required!: evaluation results on a health promoting initiative on AIDS and sex education for primary schools

As children grow up, they discover taboo areas in their environment and in life. They are in need of advice to prevent them from placing themselves in risky situations. The primary preventive approach to a life skills programme on HIV/AIDS and sex education, called "Child Mind Project", can be seen as such an initiative.

Cover -- A Child's Mind Required! Evaluation Results on a Health Promoting Initiative on AIDS and Sex Education for Primary Schools -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- PROLOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Psychosocial Causes of Unsafe Health Behaviour of South African Children and Adolescents -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 HIV/AIDS Epidemic and its Impacts on the South African Society -- 2.3 Factors Contributing to the Transmission of HIV among Children and Adolescents in South Africa -- 2.3.1 Psychosocial Risk Factors Effecting the Development ofHealth Behaviour - The Starting Point -- 2.3.2 Selected Socio-demographic Risk Factors - Poverty and Malnutrition -- 2.3.3 The Sexual Abuse of Children in South Africa - Harmed Health -- 2.3.4 Sexual Behaviour of South Africa's Young People - Complexity of Risks -- 2.4 Learning Processes to Enhance Health - The Application of the Social Cognitive Theory by Bandura (1986) -- 2.4.1 The Research Model and Underlying Assumptions -- 2.4.2 Depiction of Research Variables -- 2.5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE Life Skills Interventions on HIV/AIDS in South Africa -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Sub-Saharan School-based Life Skills Initiatives on HIV/AIDS with Pre-Adolescents -- 3.2.1 The Tanzanian Evaluation -- 3.2.2 The Ugandan Evaluation -- 3.2.3 The Kenyan Evaluation -- 3.3 A Case of a School-based Life Skills Programme on HIV/AIDS in South Africa -- 3.4 Factors Influencing the Implementation at School Level -- 3.4.1 Minimal Resources in Public Schools -- 3.4.2 Work-overstrain and Attrition of Teachers -- 3.4.3 Resistance to Teach about Condom Use -- 3.4.4 School Atmosphere and Violence Levels -- 3.5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR A Needs Analysis for Health Interventions - Case Study of Kayamandi -- 4.1 Introduction.