The scourge of HIV/AIDS is no stranger of topic to those working in the public health field whether in the United States or abroad. Conferences and workshops have been put together to determine effective strategies to spread the message of prevention and awareness in order to stop its deadly.
A fantastic global health organization, PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), created an innovative way to interact with people for HIV prevention by establishing the Magnet Theater in Kenya. These are the kinds of outside the box thinking that I believe will actually make a difference in disease prevention on a wide range of subjects.
Awareness is of course a great element in figuring out what the problem is but behavior change is a different, trickier issue. My friend and colleague Alex Bornkessel points to this fact very well in a recent blog post. PATH and the Magnet Theater are definitely getting people to take action to change their behaviors.
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Our work improves global health and well-being.
