title: A "Youth Multi-function Centre" in the Free State: an alternative to clinic-based HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
abstract: The youth are especially vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. In the Free State (second highest incidence of HIV/AIDS among the provinces), the Welkom-Goldfields area may for various reasons be singled out as a high risk area for HIV/AIDS which should receive priority attention in attempts to combat the disease. It is suggested that a Youth Multi-function Centre would place youth reproductive health care in the broader development and life skills arena--where it could be thought to rightfully belong. The objectives of the paper are to depict the rationale for a Youth Multi-function Centre, to broadly conceptualise a Youth Multi-function Centre, and to report on the process and methodology followed in an attempt to actually establish such a centre in Thabong/Welkom.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Law, Vista University (Bloemfontein Campus).
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heunis
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authors.lastname: van Rensburg
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authors.lastname: Ngwena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000328:Adult; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012736:Sex Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology