The Patua Project For HIV AIDS Awarness in Rural India

Pilot Project In West Bengal

by

Nandita Palchoudhuri

In Naya Village,Midnapore

A traditional Performance

At work in small groups

The First HIV Scroll

Rani ChitrakarShyamsundar Chitrakar

The First HIV Scrolls

In discussion with Dr David Gere

Patua Team Members

Practice workshops

Working on the project with experts from UCLA and Bhoruka

Refining content with Patua Team

Sparsha training the intervention team

Workshop in Progress

HIV images in The Scrolls

Team Composition

2 PatuasOne male/One female

2 Community Health WorkersOne HIV-/ one HIV +

Facilitators in the audienceEvaluation teams

Intervention Content Design

1. Transmission and Prevention

2. Stigma

3. Love with Responsibility

4. Testimonials

First Trial run on site in Midnapur

Trial Intervention in progress

District Intervention Villages Control Villages

Howrah    

  PaschimBasudevpur (241) Bahir Chandrapur (98)

  Jagannathpur (190) Andhar Manik (204)

Pashim Medinipur

   

  Jatadharpur (115) JotGobardhan (72)

  Jot Gouranga (124) Uttor Gobindapur (133)

  Jalalpur (105) Banskhal (106)

 

The distribution of Villages for Intervention Pilot

Pilot intervention in Howrah

Pilot intervention in Midnapur

Intervention being set up

Intervention in progress

Statements       Intervention arm level of change

       Control arm level of change

  Disagreed before intervention

Disagreed after intervention

  Disagreed during 1st baseline

Disagreed during 2nd baseline

 

 People with HIV should be ashamed

 28%

 94%

 High*

 25%

 36%

 Not significant

 People with HIV should be legally isolated

 32%

 93%

 Do

 22%

 36%

 Do

 Although people with HIV can work with others they should not be allowed to handle food/rice

 27%

 86%

 Do

 28%

 40%

 Do

 People with HIV deserve to be punished

 51%

 91%

 Do

 40%

 52%

 Do

EARLY EVALUATION RESULTS