Change in men's behavior seen in fight against AIDS

[Rosalinda]

With education people can change.

In Zambia, a six-year effort to educate long-distance truck drivers about the dangers of risky sex found a startling increase in the numbers of drivers who said they were faithful to their partners. In 2000, a study of 568 drivers found that 0.3 percent said they were faithful. Earlier this year, a study of 1,002 drivers at the same sites found that 63.8 percent reported being faithful to their wives or girlfriends.
The audience of scientists, researchers, and public health specialists seemed amazed by the change.

This good news from the Boston Globe is from June but with the wipe-out of this forum back to April it is worthwhile to catch up nonetheless.
boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2006/06/13/change_in_mens_behavior_seen_in_fight_against_aids/

 

[urban-hermit]

With education people can change.

This good news from the Boston Globe is from June but with the wipe-out of this forum back to April it is worthwhile to catch up nonetheless.
boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2006/06/13/change_in_mens_behavior_seen_in_fight_against_aids/

Thank you for posting this Rosalinda.

I think the article shows there are changes that have to be made among the researchers, too. They don’t seem to think too highly of African men. The researchers might need to attend some classes on how people often perform to your expectations of them. From the article:

The audience of scientists, researchers, and public health specialists seemed amazed by the change. Several publicly doubted the difference was that great. Said one male researcher from his seat: ``If you asked me if I had extramarital relations, my answer would be no, no, always no."

His comments drew laughter. But afterward, researchers said the studies showed hope that with programs, men could change, lessening the risk of transmission.

Bad attitude, guys. These people need to do studies before they’ll believe that men can change when their lives are at risk from AIDS? The researchers might need their own program - to deal with prejudice.