HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm

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dc.contributor.advisorHead, Judithen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Howard Gen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T09:10:33Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T09:10:33Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 96-[100]).
dc.description.abstractThe HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa is more severe than almost anywhere else in the world and continues to grow. Here, and elsewhere in southern Africa, it is now a generalized epidemic, largely heterosexually spread. This is very different from the more limited epidemic in the United States of America and other developed countries. It was in the USA in the five years after the first cases of AIDS that the understandings and explanations of HIV/AIDS were constructed. HIVIAIDS was defined as a transmittable infection causing a progressive deterioration of the immune system, leaving it vulnerable to opportunistic infections and disease of increasing severity resulting in inevitable death. Virology identified the virus that is the infectious agent and provided explanations of how it had its effect on the host, reproduced and was transmitted. Influenced by the early association of AIDS with homosexuals, the social construction of HIVIAIDS has focused on risk groups and risk behaviours. These are now central components of a dominant paradigm that has informed but also limited research. This paradigm also informs and limits responses to and strategies to prevent the spread of the virus.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSmith, H. G. (2004). <i>HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3465en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmith, Howard G. <i>"HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3465en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmith, H. 2004. HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Smith, Howard G AB - The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa is more severe than almost anywhere else in the world and continues to grow. Here, and elsewhere in southern Africa, it is now a generalized epidemic, largely heterosexually spread. This is very different from the more limited epidemic in the United States of America and other developed countries. It was in the USA in the five years after the first cases of AIDS that the understandings and explanations of HIV/AIDS were constructed. HIVIAIDS was defined as a transmittable infection causing a progressive deterioration of the immune system, leaving it vulnerable to opportunistic infections and disease of increasing severity resulting in inevitable death. Virology identified the virus that is the infectious agent and provided explanations of how it had its effect on the host, reproduced and was transmitted. Influenced by the early association of AIDS with homosexuals, the social construction of HIVIAIDS has focused on risk groups and risk behaviours. These are now central components of a dominant paradigm that has informed but also limited research. This paradigm also informs and limits responses to and strategies to prevent the spread of the virus. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm TI - HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3465 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3465
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmith HG. HIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigm. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3465en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMedicineen_ZA
dc.titleHIV/AIDS in South Africa : Towards a New Paradigmen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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