Into the community and not on the shelf: learning to develop a meaningful HIV/AIDS curriculum for multiple communities.

ADULTS; ADULT education; AIDS education; HEALTH promotion; CURRICULUM planning; COMMUNITY health services; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; ADULT education workshops

This paper describes the process involved in creating a community-based training curriculum designed to build capacity and foster new knowledge in support of HIV/AIDS education. Highlighted are the challenges and triumphs incurred while working with community and academic partners to ensure the production of an adaptable curriculum designed to accommodate diverse teaching and learning styles. The curriculum provides teachers, community leaders and peer educators with knowledge and skills to competently deliver HIV/AIDS information, regardless of previous training in sexual health education. Educators are encouraged to adapt the curriculum according to community/classroom needs. Also highlighted is the need for creating further opportunities that enable teachers, community practitioners and researchers to collaborate around issues that influence learners' lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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