title: Factors shaping the HIV-competence of two primary schools in rural Zimbabwe.
abstract: We present multi-method case studies of two Zimbabwean primary schools - one rural and one small-town. The rural school scored higher than the small-town school on measures of child well-being and school attendance by HIV-affected children. The small-town school had superior facilities, more teachers with higher morale, more specialist HIV/AIDS activities, and an explicit religious ethos. The relatively impoverished rural school was located in a more cohesive community with a more critically conscious, dynamic and networking headmaster. The current emphasis on HIV/AIDS-related teacher training and specialist school-based activities should be supplemented with greater attention to impacts of school leadership and the nature of the school-community interface on the HIV-competence of schools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mutsikiwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pufall
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skovdal
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
authors.forename: Claudius
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Madanhire
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health, United Kingdom ; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nyamukapa
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health, United Kingdom ; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gregson
keywords: Development; Educational policy; HIV/AIDS; International education; Social protection; Zimbabwe