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- Title
Girls' schooling in Tanzania: the key to HIV/AIDS prevention?
- Authors
Vavrus, F
- Abstract
This article explores the relationship between schooling for girls and HIV/AIDS prevention in the United Republic of Tanzania. It is based on a survey administered to upper-level primary school students in rural Tanzania designed to ascertain their numeracy and literacy skills as well as their knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The findings show that female students generally have stronger literacy and numeracy skills but less knowledge about HIV/AIDS than their male counterparts. This suggests that general education may not be the best vaccine against HIV/AIDS for young women; rather, AIDS-specific education and skills training may be required to increase the likelihood of prevention because of gender differences in how young people utilize knowledge acquired in school.
- Publication
AIDS care, 2006, Vol 18, Issue 8, p863
- ISSN
0954-0121
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/09540120500307776