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Volume 5, Issue 7 (Suppl)
J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2332-0877
Infection Prevention 2017
December 14-15, 2017
December 14-15, 2017 | Rome, Italy
13
th
World Congress on
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Classroom discourse on HIV/AIDS issues in Malawian secondary schools: Who should facilitate and
how?
Paul Makocho
Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi
T
he need for effective discourse onHIV/AIDS issues inMalawian secondary schools, has been explored using questionnaires
and interviews. In contrast to previously reported literature on HIV/AIDS education in Malawi, the present study has
drawn pupils’ needs directly from the pupils’ themselves, focussed on classroom practice, and triangulated data sets to give
a comprehensive narrative of what pupils perceive to be effective facilitators in HIV/AIDS education. Despite a conservative
cultural and religious adult world, pupils identified the need for facilitators with explicit and accurate knowledge on HIV/AIDS
issues and who are willing to engage in open discussions on HIV/AIDS issues. The findings suggest that in future, effective
HIV/AIDS intervention through classroom discourse needs to be informed by the pupils’ needs. Additionally, there is a need
to examine the extent to which classroom practice has addressed these needs and the factors influencing classroom practice.
paulmakocho@yahoo.co.ukJ Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:7(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-036