Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS
| dc.contributor.author | Ijumba, Ken | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gamieldien, Ragmat | |
| dc.contributor.author | Myer, Landon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morroni, Chelsea | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-17T14:20:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-17T14:20:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-18T08:11:12Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Behavioural risk reduction interventions are a central part of continuing efforts to stem the spread of the HIV epidemic. A range of interventions have been developed and tested in different populations within South Africa. These seek to lower individual risk of HIV infection by discouraging sexual relations with multiple partners and increasing levels of condom use. Many interventions to date have met with mixed success, and understanding the determinants of high-risk sexual behaviour remains a major concern in addressing HIV/AIDS.1 Several studies from other parts of sub-Saharan Africa have suggested that knowing someone with HIV/AIDS may be an important predictor of decreased risk behaviour. One pooled analysis2 found that adult men in Kenya, Zambia and Uganda were more likely to reduce their risk behaviours if they knew someone who had HIV/AIDS. Similar results have been reported in a population-based study3 of women in rural Zimbabwe. However, one previous study from South Africa4 using data from the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) found that there was no association between knowing someone with HIV and levels of condom use. Given that the links between knowing someone with HIV and risk behaviours have important implications for HIV prevention efforts, we investigated this association in a survey of individuals attending a public sector health facility in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ijumba, K., Gamieldien, R., Myer, L., & Morroni, C. (2004). Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17975 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ijumba, Ken, Ragmat Gamieldien, Landon Myer, and Chelsea Morroni "Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17975 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ijumba, K., Gamieldien, R., Myer, L., & Morroni, C. (2004). Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS: student paper: SAMJ forum. South African Medical Journal, 94(7), p-522. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ijumba, Ken AU - Gamieldien, Ragmat AU - Myer, Landon AU - Morroni, Chelsea AB - Behavioural risk reduction interventions are a central part of continuing efforts to stem the spread of the HIV epidemic. A range of interventions have been developed and tested in different populations within South Africa. These seek to lower individual risk of HIV infection by discouraging sexual relations with multiple partners and increasing levels of condom use. Many interventions to date have met with mixed success, and understanding the determinants of high-risk sexual behaviour remains a major concern in addressing HIV/AIDS.1 Several studies from other parts of sub-Saharan Africa have suggested that knowing someone with HIV/AIDS may be an important predictor of decreased risk behaviour. One pooled analysis2 found that adult men in Kenya, Zambia and Uganda were more likely to reduce their risk behaviours if they knew someone who had HIV/AIDS. Similar results have been reported in a population-based study3 of women in rural Zimbabwe. However, one previous study from South Africa4 using data from the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) found that there was no association between knowing someone with HIV and levels of condom use. Given that the links between knowing someone with HIV and risk behaviours have important implications for HIV prevention efforts, we investigated this association in a survey of individuals attending a public sector health facility in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal KW - Sexual risk behaviours KW - HIV/AIDS LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 0256-9574 T1 - Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS TI - Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17975 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17975 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ijumba K, Gamieldien R, Myer L, Morroni C. Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS. South African Medical Journal. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17975. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Medical Journal | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.subject | Sexual risk behaviours | |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.title | Sexual risk behaviours are influenced by knowing someone with HIV/AIDS | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |