Swartz Sharlene, Deutsch Charles, Moolman Benita, Arogundade Emma, Isaacs Dane, Michel Barbara
a Human Sciences Research Council , Cape Town , South Africa.
b Department of Sociology , University of Cape Town , South Africa.
Afr J AIDS Res. 2016 Dec;15(4):359-366. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2016.1251474.
Peer education has long been seen as a key health promotion strategy and an important tool in preventing HIV infection. In South African schools, it is currently one of the strategies employed to do so. Based on both a recent research study of peer education across 35 schools and drawing on multiple previous studies in South Africa, this paper examines the key elements of peer education that contribute to its effectiveness and asks how this aligns with current educational and health policies. From this research, it summarises and proposes shared goals and aims, minimum standards of implementation and reflects on the necessary infrastructure required for peer education to be effective. In light of these findings, it offers policy recommendations regarding who should be doing peer education and the status peer education should have in a school's formal programme.
同伴教育长期以来一直被视为一项关键的健康促进策略，也是预防艾滋病毒感染的重要工具。在南非的学校中，它是目前为此目的所采用的策略之一。基于最近对35所学校的同伴教育的研究，并借鉴南非此前的多项研究，本文探讨了有助于同伴教育有效性的关键要素，并询问这与当前的教育和卫生政策如何契合。通过这项研究，它总结并提出了共同的目标和宗旨、最低实施标准，并思考了同伴教育有效开展所需的必要基础设施。鉴于这些研究结果，它就谁应该开展同伴教育以及同伴教育在学校正式课程中应有的地位提出了政策建议。
