Use of Ethnography in the Evaluation and Targeting of HIV/AIDS Education Among Latino Farm Workers
Author: Bletzer, Keith V.
Date Published: 1995
The article examines how ethnography can be utilized to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS education simultaneous with the implementation of program activities. The ethnographic analysis examined in this report is based on field methods adapted in a Michigan program that targets migrant farmworkers highlights responses to showings of a bilingual AIDS education presentations; the tactics they employ to direct discussion when talking about HIV/AIDS, and the manner in which they use language to "distance" themselves from the topic of HIV infection and AIDS.
Date Published: 1995
The article examines how ethnography can be utilized to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS education simultaneous with the implementation of program activities. The ethnographic analysis examined in this report is based on field methods adapted in a Michigan program that targets migrant farmworkers highlights responses to showings of a bilingual AIDS education presentations; the tactics they employ to direct discussion when talking about HIV/AIDS, and the manner in which they use language to "distance" themselves from the topic of HIV infection and AIDS.
