Cutting through the stigma

Other positive effects of the program were noted. Women trained as peer educators enjoyed a sense of pride and increased social recognition, which the researchers hope could help sustain the peer dialogue on HIV/AIDS. After training on the blood-borne transmission of HIV, the barbers involved began to use disposable razor blades, which led to an increase in customers.

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1. Empowering the people: development of an HIV peer education model for low literacy rural communities in India
Koen K.A. Van Rompay, Purnima Madhivanan, Mirriam Rafiq, Karl Krupp, Venkatesan Chakrapani and Durai Selvam
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