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Using Peer Educators to Improve Adolescent Reproductive Health in Ghana
Date Published: 1 January 2003 Document Type: Research Report Issue: Family Planning & Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Youth Languages: English Country: Ghana Purchase Method: Download |
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This study, conducted in Ghana in 1998, tested two approaches to providing reproductive health information to youth through community peer educators. One approach used a hierarchical structure in which more experienced peer educators supervised 10–20 peer educators, who formed youth groups that gathered for weekly discussion. The other approach used the traditional model in which the peer educators made informal contacts with friends. The hierarchical structure approach was more effective than the traditional model in increasing accurate knowledge about HIV/AIDS, although both models led to knowledge gain.