BE-SWAG
Building and Enhancing Self Worth among Adolescent Girls and Boys and Young Adults living with HIV
Building and Enhancing Self Worth among Adolescent Girls and Boys and Young Adults living with HIV
The BE-SWAG program was designed in 2019 and begun in 2020. This program is intended to target young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe and address their unique beliefs and experience of HIV self-stigma. This program has three phases: research, a self-stigma camp and self-stigma tool box.
Research:
To develop this program, a workshop was held with members of Africaid to collaborate on the right type of intervention. Following the workshop, a formative research study was completed to understand the unique beliefs and experiences of HIV self-stigma amongst young people living with HIV. Beyond Stigma and Africaid held 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews with young adults ages 18-24 years. This research has been submitted for publication.
Self-Stigma to Self-Worth Camp:
The research findings were used to create an innovative curriculum for a camp addressing self-stigma. The camp is for 30 young people and is intended to be held in the summer of 2021. The camp takes a mixed method approach to reducing self-stigma and includes inquiry based stress reduction, group activities, music, art, and creative expression.
Self-Stigma Tool Box:
After the camp, the self-stigma tool box will help ensure the sustainability and continuation of this programme. The toolbox will include a revised camp curriculum, an online resource hub, a short three day self-stigma training, and a course to train the trainers (ToT). The ToT will train members of Africaid to support their peers and lead programmes with this curriculum and act as mentors to others living with HIV. These resources and programmes in the self-stigma toolbox will be deployed following the first Self-Stigma to Self-Worth Camp.
Research:
To develop this program, a workshop was held with members of Africaid to collaborate on the right type of intervention. Following the workshop, a formative research study was completed to understand the unique beliefs and experiences of HIV self-stigma amongst young people living with HIV. Beyond Stigma and Africaid held 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews with young adults ages 18-24 years. This research has been submitted for publication.
Self-Stigma to Self-Worth Camp:
The research findings were used to create an innovative curriculum for a camp addressing self-stigma. The camp is for 30 young people and is intended to be held in the summer of 2021. The camp takes a mixed method approach to reducing self-stigma and includes inquiry based stress reduction, group activities, music, art, and creative expression.
Self-Stigma Tool Box:
After the camp, the self-stigma tool box will help ensure the sustainability and continuation of this programme. The toolbox will include a revised camp curriculum, an online resource hub, a short three day self-stigma training, and a course to train the trainers (ToT). The ToT will train members of Africaid to support their peers and lead programmes with this curriculum and act as mentors to others living with HIV. These resources and programmes in the self-stigma toolbox will be deployed following the first Self-Stigma to Self-Worth Camp.
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Quotes from the research of the BE-SWAG program
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All materials containing the four questions and the turnarounds © 2016 Byron Katie International Inc., www.thework.com