Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorCoetzee, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBunyasi , Erick Wekesaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-01T09:02:25Z
dc.date.available2015-07-01T09:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractHealth outcomes generally improve with increasing socio-economic status [SES]. This is referred to as the socioeconomic gradient in health. With regard to HIV, this gradient has been observed to conform to this general pattern and is consistent in developed countries but not in sub-Saharan African [SSA] countries. In SSA, observed patterns include; direct, inverse, lack of association and, dynamic association where the relationship changes over time. In general, literature shows that the relationship between SES as measured by education or asset quintiles and HIV changed from a direct association in early phases of the HIV epidemic to an inverse association in mature epidemics in majority of countries in SSA. In this study, we used a combination of measures of SES including education, assets, employment status and type of occupation to investigate the association between SES and HIV prevalence using data from a study that evaluated effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV program in Western Cape and Free State Provinces of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBunyasi , E. W. (2014). <i>Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13247en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBunyasi , Erick Wekesa. <i>"Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13247en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBunyasi , E. 2014. Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bunyasi , Erick Wekesa AB - Health outcomes generally improve with increasing socio-economic status [SES]. This is referred to as the socioeconomic gradient in health. With regard to HIV, this gradient has been observed to conform to this general pattern and is consistent in developed countries but not in sub-Saharan African [SSA] countries. In SSA, observed patterns include; direct, inverse, lack of association and, dynamic association where the relationship changes over time. In general, literature shows that the relationship between SES as measured by education or asset quintiles and HIV changed from a direct association in early phases of the HIV epidemic to an inverse association in mature epidemics in majority of countries in SSA. In this study, we used a combination of measures of SES including education, assets, employment status and type of occupation to investigate the association between SES and HIV prevalence using data from a study that evaluated effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV program in Western Cape and Free State Provinces of South Africa. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa TI - Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13247 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13247
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBunyasi EW. Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13247en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEpidemiologyen_ZA
dc.titleRelationship between socioeconomic status and HIV in women of reproductive age in Free State and Western Cape Provinces of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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