Help needed for MSc Summer Project on HIV/AIDS in Delhi

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Dear All,

I am a student on the Control of Infectious Diseases Masters Course

at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This is a

multi-disciplinary course that provides training for those who wish

to work on disease control programmes and the improvement of

international health.

As part of the MSc course I will be undertaking a Summer Project,

which involves working with an established control programme. The

Project takes place in July and August each year for up to 10 weeks.

The last two weeks are usually taken up with writing a Project

Report, which is assessed by the internal and external examiners but

otherwise may be kept confidential. A tutor or another member of

staff with a specialist interest in the Project assists the student:

the London School has many highly qualified staff with much relevant

experience. Students have to finance their own Projects, though LSHTM

pays for insurance and any vaccinations required and also often

contributes to the cost of airfares.

The collaborating institution suggests a Project assignment or

develops a Project with the student, ensures that there is a suitable

local adviser for the student and advises on low-cost accommodation

and subsistence. Only a student who is judged by both the LSHTM staff

and the collaborating institution to have suitable experience and

skills (e.g. languages) will be considered for a particular Project.

For Projects involving patients or confidential data local as well as

LSHTM ethical committee approval must be obtained

For my Summer Project I want to look at HIV/AIDS educational

programmes in and around Delhi that are targeted at young people and

find out from the young people through qualitative research e.g.

questionnaires and perhaps short interviews how the programmes are

perceived at community level and what impact these programmes are

having on their behaviour. I am fascinated at how people's behaviours

and cultural beliefs impact upon their behaviour and believe that

understanding this underpins any successful intervention program. I

am also interested in the role of stigma and in the gap between what

is intended at implementation and how these programmes are perceived

by the people at whom they are aimed.

Is there anyone who is involved in this kind of work in and around

Delhi or who knows anyone who may be interested in assisting me? Any

help would be very greatly appreciated!

" abuadi82 " <abuadi82@...>