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Life Sciences
New research on life sciences from N. Price and co-authors summarized
July 7th, 2009
According to a study from Wales, "This review article questions the assumptions at the core of peer education interventions adopted in young people's sexual and reproductive health programmes in developing countries. Peer education is a more complex and problematic approach than its popularity with development agencies and practitioners implies." "Its rise to prominence is more indicative of the desire to find effective tools to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic, than of peer education's proven effectiveness. The often simplistic model of social relations that underlies peer education interventions leads to the reinforcement of gendered power relations, and a failure to...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-07-07)
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