Hermence G. Matsotsa, a graduate student pursuing her MPH in Community Health Education is the recipient of a 2007-2008 U.S Student Fulbright Fellows Grant in St. Lucia. Prior to her enrollment at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ms. Matsotsa held a position with the Crisis Corps in St. Lucia where she worked as an HIV program facilitator and assisted the Department of Health with the development and training of a behavior change approach to HIV education and health promotion, entitled, Behavior Change and Communication (BCC). During her Fulbright Fellowship, she will be conducting a qualitative analysis of adult male sexual behaviors in St. Lucia. Her research will consists of (a) a qualitative research assessment of the sexual behaviors and social norms of St. Lucian males that place them at risk of HIV infection; and (b) an analysis of existing male gender-specific outreach and educational strategies and approaches found within St. Lucian HIV/AIDS programs.
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