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Analyzing how notions of masculinity influence the vulnerability of men to HIV

Author: Mumbengegwi, Elizabeth Date: 2008 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-84). Read more
Considering alternatives to the predomination model of volentary councelling and testing practiced in South Africa

Author: Brown, Sean Date: 2009 Testing is widely acknowledged to be a useful and necessary secondary tool of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention. It is the method by which to identify people who are living with the virus, so that their behaviour may be modified ... Read more
Embracing new accountability : consequences for strategies and implemented policies

Author: Dowden, Isabella Date: 2009 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-90). Read more
An exploratory study into the factors that constrain or enable voluntary HIV testing among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Lane, Hannah Date: 2008 Despite exceptionally high HIV prevalence rates, South Africa experiences prohibitively low levels of HIV testing. Considered to be a key element in the prevention of HIV transmission and a necessary gateway for providing care and treatment ... Read more
Facilitating policy formulation and policy implementation : a case study of policy on the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in South Africa

Author: Peterson, Jennifer Date: 2006 This case study explores the evolution of South African policy on prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT). It employs the advocacy coalition framework developed by Paul Sabatier to analyse the factors that have hindered and ... Read more
Factors shaping pre-service teacher identities in a South African HIV/AIDS context: An examination of experience, knowledge and perceptions

Author: Arseneau, Robyn Date: 2009 The HIV epidemic in South Africa is among the worst in the world with an estimated 5.7 million people living with HIV in 2007 (UNAIDS, 2008). South Africa's national education system has responded to the epidemic by introducing Life Skills ... Read more
Growing up on HAART : the experiences and needs of HIV positive adolescents in care and treatment in the Western Cape province of South Africa

Author: Li, Rachel Date: 2008 HIV positive adolescents are becoming a progressively more sizeable and prominent sub-group in the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic. As HAART becomes increasingly available, vertically infected children can be expected to survive into adolescence ... Read more
Herstory : Maidei Chivi, an HIV positive Zimbabwean woman

Author: Mphisa, Abigael Date: 2006 The thesis is based on the story of a 36 year old HIV positive middle class black Zimbabwean woman, Maidei Chivi (pseudonym). Maidei is well educated, financially secure and wields enormous power both within her family and at her workplace. ... Read more
Heterosexual anal sex in the age of HIV : an exploratory study of a silenced subject

Author: Duby, Zoe Date: 2008 This dissertation serves as a discursive exploration into the underdiscussed topic of heterosexual anal sex and pervading penile-vaginal heteronormativity. To understand the origins and character of the seemingly universal ambivalence towards ... Read more
An HIV/AIDS intervention programme in the workplace: a case study of a medium-sized construction company in the Western Cape.

Author: Griffiths, Roger Date: 2006 Government and other NGOs want private sector companies to assist in countering the effects of HIV/AIDS by introducing interventions which follow generic outlined developed by the State and other institutions. The programmes are mainly aimed ... Read more
Hope in view of HIV/AIDS in South Africa : public discourse, faith and the future

Author: Olivier, Jill Date: 2005 Do discourses of "hope" have real and practical consequences when it come to crucial issues such as policy, prevention, stigma, risk perception or funding? The following exploratory and treansdisciplinary study seeks to pull together a wide ... Read more
Men, masculinities and HIV care work: A small-scale, exploratory study of the role of community care workers in supporting HIV positive men's health-seeking behaviour

Author: Gittings, Lesley Date: 2015 Caring is typically constructed as a feminized practice, resulting in women shouldering the burden of care-related work. Health-seeking behaviours are also constructed as feminine and men have poorer health outcomes globally. Employing men ... Read more
Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS

Author: Abrams, Amber Date: 2008 This thesis considers the power of United States popular media to construct both conceptions of "Africa" and knowledge of HN / AIDS among exchange students in Cape Town, South Africa. Arguing that the reification of myths about Africa influenced ... Read more
Performance based funding from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria : a case study of Grant SAF-304-GO4-H in the Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Naimak, Trude Holm Date: 2006 Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Poor, black and female : an analysis of South African print media framing of people living with HIV/AIDS

Author: Grant, Deirdre Date: 2005 Media coverage of HIV/AIDS issues inﬂuences how the public views the epidemic and people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs). This dissertation investigates how two key lwge circulation English ianguage newspapers in South Africa frame PWAs. The ... Read more
A public health conflict : traditional medicinal practise and the bio-medical health norms and values at a time of HIV and AIDS in Swaziland

Author: Dlamini, Gcinekile G Date: 2010 Medical pluralism and the co-existence of a variety of different medical systems within a chosen context are common features in southern Africa as in the rest of the developing world. How do the different systems or practices interact? How ... Read more
The Public Sector HIV/AIDS Treatment Roll-out Campaign in the Western Cape: A case study highlighting success factors and challenges

Author: Fuleihan, Nadia C Date: 2006 Until recently, the national implementation of a public sector Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) programme in South Africa seemed financially impossible. Drastically reduced prices for Antiretrovirals (ARVs) combined with substantial donor funding ... Read more
Responding to multi-dimensional forms of poverty in the context of HIV/AIDS: experiences of mothers in Khayelitsha

Author: Kane, Dianna Date: 2008 South Africa is a highly unequal society, comprised of a small, wealthy elite class and a large population living in deep, chronic poverty plagued with unemployment. Those suffering from the greatest poverty are unemployed women caring for ... Read more
Situating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a historical context : a case study of orphans in Nguludi Mission Community, Malawi

Author: Croke, Rhian G Date: 2003 This thesis is based on a series of interviews with key informants and a census of orphan households in Nguludi Mission Community, Southern Malawi, in 2000. The thesis argues that although HIV/AIDS is a relatively recent phenomenon, any ... Read more
Situating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a historical context : a case study of orphans in Nguludi Mission Community, Malawi

Author: Croke, Rhian G Date: 2003 This thesis is based on a series of interviews with key informants and a census of orphan households in Nguludi Mission Community, Southern Malawi, in 2000. The thesis argues that although HIV/AIDS is a relatively recent phenomenon, any ... Read more

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