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Do Marketing Strategies Impact Condom Sales In Uganda?, Meyhar Mohammed
Do Marketing Strategies Impact Condom Sales In Uganda?, Meyhar Mohammed
Master's Theses
What attracts people to buy condoms? HIV/AIDS remain one of the biggest health dangers of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A lot of efforts have been pursued in the past two decades to drastically reduce prevalence of HIV and increase awareness about preventive mechanisms. In order to prevent relapse of success achieved so far, it is important to recognize transformation of consumer behavior due to growth in social networks, education and awareness over time. There are a lot of behavioral triggers captured by social marketing interventions in the field of public health. In an attempt to investigate the role …
Christians’ Cut: Popular Religion And The Global Health Campaign For Medical Male Circumcision In Swaziland, Casey Golomski, Sonene Nyawo
Christians’ Cut: Popular Religion And The Global Health Campaign For Medical Male Circumcision In Swaziland, Casey Golomski, Sonene Nyawo
Anthropology
Swaziland faces one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world and is a site for the current global health campaign in sub-Saharan Africa to medically circumcise the majority of the male population. Given that Swaziland is also majority Christian, how does the most popular religion influence acceptance, rejection or understandings of medical male circumcision? This article considers interpretive differences by Christians across the Kingdom’s three ecumenical organisations, showing how a diverse group people singly glossed as ‘Christian’ in most public health acceptability studies critically rejected the procedure in unity, but not uniformly. Participants saw medical male circumcision’s promotion and …
Swaziland: A Journey Into Culture And Health Care, Claire Hickey
Swaziland: A Journey Into Culture And Health Care, Claire Hickey
Posters
Describes a global health learning experience with Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative in Swaziland in 2017.
South Africa: Combatting The Rise Of Hiv In Adolescents, Ryan Northrup
South Africa: Combatting The Rise Of Hiv In Adolescents, Ryan Northrup
Posters
Describes a global health learning experience in South Africa in 2017, focused on educating teenagers in schools about sexual health and AIDS prevention.
Global Health Experience In Swaziland, Anik Patel
Global Health Experience In Swaziland, Anik Patel
Posters
Describes a global health learning experience at the Baylor Center of Excellence in Swaziland, where diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB, along with maternal health, women's health, and adolescent care are provided.
Sanibonani! A Global Health View Of The Hiv/Aids Epidemic In Swaziland, Angie Schmidt
Sanibonani! A Global Health View Of The Hiv/Aids Epidemic In Swaziland, Angie Schmidt
Posters
Describes a global health learning experience with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Swaziland.