Mary Louisa Plummer was the Social Science Coordinator for the MEMA kwa Vijana trial and currently is a consultant to the UK Medical Research Council’s Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. She lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This book presents a comprehensive and analytical account of the qualitative component of a large intervention study of sexual behaviour change undertaken in rural north-western Tanzania. . . Relevant definitions and concepts are explained in full for readers. . . The particular strength of this book lies in the study findings, which contain rich cultural knowledge that will prove invaluable to other researchers, particularly non-Africans. Equally illuminating is the series of case studies that describe in depth the backgrounds, lives and sexual experiences of individual participants. . . . This is a well-written book of great practical value to both the qualitative and quantitative researcher working in the context of sexual behaviour change in Africa and elsewhere.

• Part one: IntroductionChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Research MethodsChapter 3: Typical Young People’s Lives and Sexual RelationshipsPart two: Intervention EvaluationChapter 4: MEMA kwa Vijana Intervention Overview and Community MobilizationChapter 5: The MEMA kwa Vijana School ProgramChapter 6: MEMA kwa Vijana Health Services and Condom DistributionChapter 7. Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana InterventionPart three: Young People Who Practiced Low Risk Sexual BehaviorsCase Study Series 1: “So It Is Like This! Not For Me”: Young People Who AbstainedChapter 8: AbstinenceCase Study Series 2: “This One Is Enough”: Young People Who Limited Their Partner Number and/or Were MonogamousChapter 9: “Being Faithful”: Limiting Partner Number and/or Practicing FidelityCase Study Series 3: “The First Time He Didn’t Have One, So I Refused”: Young People Who Used CondomsChapter 10: Condom UsePart four: RecommendationsChapter 11: Intervention RecommendationsAppendix 1: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 5 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumAppendix 2: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 6 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumAppendix 3: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 7 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumSwahili and Sukuma Glossary

Mary Louisa Plummer was the Social Science Coordinator for the MEMA kwa Vijana trial and currently is a consultant to the UK Medical Research Council’s Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. She lives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This book presents a comprehensive and analytical account of the qualitative component of a large intervention study of sexual behaviour change undertaken in rural north-western Tanzania. . . Relevant definitions and concepts are explained in full for readers. . . The particular strength of this book lies in the study findings, which contain rich cultural knowledge that will prove invaluable to other researchers, particularly non-Africans. Equally illuminating is the series of case studies that describe in depth the backgrounds, lives and sexual experiences of individual participants. . . . This is a well-written book of great practical value to both the qualitative and quantitative researcher working in the context of sexual behaviour change in Africa and elsewhere.

• Part one: IntroductionChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Research MethodsChapter 3: Typical Young People’s Lives and Sexual RelationshipsPart two: Intervention EvaluationChapter 4: MEMA kwa Vijana Intervention Overview and Community MobilizationChapter 5: The MEMA kwa Vijana School ProgramChapter 6: MEMA kwa Vijana Health Services and Condom DistributionChapter 7. Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana InterventionPart three: Young People Who Practiced Low Risk Sexual BehaviorsCase Study Series 1: “So It Is Like This! Not For Me”: Young People Who AbstainedChapter 8: AbstinenceCase Study Series 2: “This One Is Enough”: Young People Who Limited Their Partner Number and/or Were MonogamousChapter 9: “Being Faithful”: Limiting Partner Number and/or Practicing FidelityCase Study Series 3: “The First Time He Didn’t Have One, So I Refused”: Young People Who Used CondomsChapter 10: Condom UsePart four: RecommendationsChapter 11: Intervention RecommendationsAppendix 1: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 5 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumAppendix 2: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 6 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumAppendix 3: Outline of the Teacher’s Guide for Year 7 in the Final MEMA kwa Vijana School CurriculumSwahili and Sukuma Glossary