Combating HIV/AIDS Through Spiritual and Ethical Conduct: A Research Evaluation of the SA National Defence Force Chaplain General’s Program to Combat HIV/AIDS

Col J. Dill

 Behaviour change theories address the question of how people change their behaviour in positive or healthy directions. By implication, they also address the question of why people tend not to change their behaviour and continue to engage in unhealthy practices.

This paper will discuss the unique value-based program of the Chaplain General of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and specifically look at the scientific significance (wrt reliability and validity) of what it intends to achieve.

Ultimately, for our purposes, behaviour change theory helps us to know better how to intervene in a way that makes it more likely that people will change their behaviour in response to the value-based program. Hereby the SANDF Chaplains would like to prove that their value-based program do have a major role to play to prevent high risk behaviour and attitudes that could lead to HIV/Aids infection. >> read more