Evaluating HIV/AIDS programme within South African universities
- Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Gobind, Jenni
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: HIV/AIDS programmes - South Africa - Evaluation , AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - South Africa
- Type: Journal
- Identifier: uj:5470 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13446
- Description: This paper presents the occasion to consider the need and benefit of evaluating HIV/AIDS programmes within South African universities. The emergence of the need for workplace policy has resulted in a barrage of HIV workplace policies saturating the workplace. The International Labour Organisation and Higher Education HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) have made recommendations as to points, which policy and decision makers should consider in the development of national policies and programmes on HIV/AIDS. Many Higher Education Institution policy makers have yet to question the need and benefits of an HIV/AIDS programme. This paper further suggests that an HIV/AIDS programme should be followed by an evaluation that would determine the effectiveness of such programme.
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The use of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information within higher education institutions
- Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Gobind, Jenni
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Posters , Dissemination of information , HIV infections - Africa , AIDS (Disease) - Africa
- Type: Journal
- Identifier: uj:5477 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13454
- Description: HIV/AIDS continues to destroy individuals and communities within Africa. The need to explore creative forms of awareness information dissemination remains necessary. Posters continue to present a cheap alternative to expensive mass media campaigns. However, the effectiveness of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information is difficult to ascertain. Designers of posters aim for visual appeal, with the intention that the posters attract the attention of target audience. Studies on how often posters are being noticed at universities, has not been undertaken. Studies have been undertaken to determine the use of posters within waiting rooms and emergency centres however, these environments allow for time to peruse unlike university corridors. This paper examines the visibility of posters at a university in order to determine the effectiveness of the use of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information.
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