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Document 1965
DOCN M94A1965
TI Traditional healers as AIDS educators and counsellors in Kampala,
Uganda.
DT 9412
AU King R; Ssali A; Kitto D; Kyeyune P; Kabatesi D; Kaleeba N; Homsy J;
THEWA, Kampala.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):410 (abstract no. PD0247). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370610
AB OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of traditional healers (THs) in
Kampala, Uganda as AIDS educators and counsellors for their women
clients. METHODS: Of 112 THs contacted, 20 were selected to attend
trainings on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and counselling every 2 weeks for 4 months.
Focus groups were held to assess and incorporate TH's own perceptions
and practices relating to AIDS into a training curriculum for THs.
Seventy-three women clients of THs were recruited at 8 of the THs'. They
were interviewed at the healers' clinic through structured
questionnaires administered by social workers starting at month 3 of the
training schedule. To date, 3-month follow-up questionnaires have been
submitted to 29 of these women. RESULTS: Sixty-six percent of women
clients interviewed were single, 26% widows. Twenty-five percent of the
women presented with 2 major signs of AIDS and/or were HIV positive. At
initial visit, 68% of women said their TH gave information about AIDS
and 35% said they received counselling from the TH. These figures rose
to 73% and 54% respectively at second visit. When asked what information
the TH gave at the second visit, the majority of women mentioned
'positive living' (30%), and/or condom use (26%). Women said that during
counselling, healers are welcoming and supportive of their problems
(13%) and that they discuss facts about AIDS (11%) and early treatment
(26%). 27% of women at first visit and 34% at follow-up said they had
used condoms at least once. CONCLUSIONS: THs in Kampala treat and care
for a large number of women clients, many of whom are single mothers and
PWAs. Moreover, with minimal input, THs can be an important source of
information for HIV/AIDS prevention and provide, through counselling,
critical emotional support for their clients and community members
affected by HIV. Therefore, action should be taken to inform and train
THs in Africa about the vital educational and counselling role they can
play in the fight against AIDS, especially in areas where HIV prevalence
is high and social and medical resources are limited.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Counseling
Curriculum Female *Health Education Human HIV Infections/*PREVENTION
& CONTROL HIV Seroprevalence *Medicine, African Traditional Mothers
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Single Parent
Social Support Uganda *Women's Health Services MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).