Author: Christopher Wardell

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Published: 2009

Total Pages: 144

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Starting in the fall of 2007 students from the University of Vermont, New York University, and the University of Illinois have implememnted FfL in the fifth and sixth grades of the Mon Repos Combine and Patience Primary Schools, Mon Repos village, St. Lucia. Qualitative and quantitative assesments were conducted to determine the program effectiveness, including in the summer of 2008, in which pre and posttests were administered to program participants to assess change in HIV/AIDS related knowledge. In January 2009, a five-month follow up was administerd to summer 2008 program participants. The qualitative assesment examined the effectiveness of the training of University of Vermont students trained to deliver the GRS curriculum. The quantitative assesment measured change in students knowledge over time defined by the survey instrument. It was found that students' knowledge did increase as a result of the FfL program. The qualitative assesment confirmed the programs theoretical basis and that it was culturally appropriate in St. Lucia. However, it was found that the FfL program needs to be more effective in sustaining the program over time. In addition, it is suggested that to get a true understanding of the FfL program, a longitudinal study of program participants would be necessary to measure health outcomes.