As is usually the case with international trips, so much has
happened in an incredibly short amount of time.
It’s probably about time for me to catch you up on my first few days in
Uganda!
But first, I should probably answer the most important
question that I’m sure is probably in the front of everyone’s mind. What exactly am I doing in Uganda this
summer? The long and short of it is that
I got an opportunity to do an internship at the Rakai Health Sciences Program,
one of the longest running comprehensive HIV education, prevention, and
treatment programs in the world. RHSP
has been around since the 1980s and investigated the major HIV epicenters. The center is located in Kalisizo, a rural
town about 2-3 hours south of Kampala, depending on the road situation (and
from what I’ve seen so far, the roads are not great most of the time).
After some serious soul searching and exhaustive team
meetings, my supervisor and I decided that I would research the association
between mobile phone ownership and risky sexual behaviors. Basically, they will give me a huge amount of
data that I will plug into my statistic software of choice (STATA, for any
curious parties) and then I will run logistical regressions and other types of
statistical wizardry to determine if there is an association. Sound exciting? Of course it does. J
I only wish that I had paid more attention in my biostats
class. Eeek.
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