2. Who is a Peer?
A peer is a person who belongs to the same
social group as another person or group.
The social group may be based on:
- Age
- Sex
- Socio-economic status
- Sexual orientation, background
- Occupation , Department
- Health status and other factors
3. What is Education?
• refers to the development of a person’s knowledge,
attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors as a result of the
learning process.
4. What is Peer Education?
• Peer education is a process where by well
trained and motivated people, undertake
informal or organized educational activities
with their peers, aimed at developing their
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and skills
enabling them to be responsible for and to
protect their own health.
5. who is a peer educator?
Is an individuals who has been trained, and is
making deliberate efforts to motivate his/her
peers to gain knowledge, skills and to change
their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors towards
the desired change.
He/she has accepted and adopted the desired
change and is therefore a role model to his/her
peers.
6. Qualities of a Peer Educator
• Willingness to volunteer
• A good role model
• A good communicator
• Good interpersonal skills, including listening skills
7. Qualities of a Peer Educator
• Self-confident
• Accepted and respected by their peers
• Should have a non-judgmental attitude
• Strongly motivated to work towards HIV risk
reduction
8. Qualities of a Peer Educator
• Available and committed to peer education
• Accessible to the peers
• Passionate
• Enthusiastic
9. Is there an Ideal Peer Educator?
Remember, no one can have all these
qualities!
10. The Goals of Peer Education
• To reduce risky sexual behaviour and HIV
transmission among peers.
• Encourage knowledge of HIV status
• Encourage positive living
• Support reduction of stigma
11. What it Means to be a Peer Educator
• Peer education removes the barriers between
knowledge and power
• Peer Educators conduct structured activities such as
education sessions and less structured activities
such as one-to-one referrals and answering
anonymous questions
12. Roles of a Peer Educator
Recruit peers to attend meetings
Organize and hold weekly group meetings with peers
on topics related to STIs, HIV and AIDS
Hold one to one sessions with peers to discuss
problems or issues they bring up
Refer peers to appropriate services for STI
treatment, counseling or VCT
13. Roles of a Peer Educator
Distribute condoms
Fill out forms for record keeping
Give feedback to the management through the HIV
and AIDS coordinator
Organise and carry out family and community
outreaches
14. Advantages of Peer Education
• Increased HIV and AIDS awareness among peers in
the work places
• Employees talk more freely about HIV/AIDS and
risky sexual behaviour (Breaking the Silence)
• Change of attitude and behaviour among both peer
educators and their peers
15. Advantages of Peer Education
• Peer Education helps to improve the Company’s
commitment to HIV prevention in the work place
- policies
- resources
• Reduced medical costs
• Reduced loss of skilled manpower
16. Do you need a peer education
Program?
Thank you
