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Music fan personality stereotyping in a sample of South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gerhard Helmut Schwär --- Department of Psychology, South Africa John Richard Middleton --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to elicit stereotypes about personality characteristics of young adults residing in South Africa, based solely on music genres. Participants were 941 undergraduate students at a South African university. They responded to a number of surveys about music... -
Gender and HIV/AIDS impact mitigation in sub-Saharan Africa — recognising the constraints
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Janet Seeley --- Gender and Development, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Rachel Grellier --- Options Consultancy Services, Tony Barnett --- Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science,In discussions of gender and HIV/AIDS, attention has focused on prevention. This is a vital area. However, we argue that there is also a need to focus more attention on the resulting impact of the epidemic, because inequalities that promote... -
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anna Strebel --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Mary Crawford --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USA Tamara Shefer --- Women and Gender Studies Programme, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Allanise Cloete --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Michelle Kaufman --- University of Conneticut, USA Leickness Simbayi --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme, Kgobati Magome --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Seth Kalichman --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USAThe links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and... -
Using VCT statistics from Kenya in understanding the association between gender and HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kennedy Otwombe --- University of the Witwatersrand, Ndindi Mutisya --- Policy and Performance Department, Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya Carolyne Ajema --- Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment (LVCT), Kenya John Wanyungu --- National HIV/AIDS and STI Control Program, Ministry of Health, KenyaThis paper demonstrates the importance of utilising official statistics from the voluntary counselling and testing centres (VCT) to determine the association between gender and HIV infection rates in Kenya. The study design adopted was a record based survey of data... -
HIV-related needs for safety among male-to-female transsexuals (mak nyah) in Malaysia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Yik Koon Teh --- Faculty of Human and Social Development, University Utara, MalaysiaThis research, commissioned by the Malaysian AIDS Council in 2007, is qualitative and descriptive in nature. In depth face-to-face interviews were carried out with 15 mak nyah respondents from five major towns. The interviews were guided by an interview schedule... -
Gender differences regarding barriers and motivators of HIV status disclosure among HIV-positive service users
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kebede Deribe --- , Ethiopia Kifle Woldemichael --- Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Bernard Joseph Njau --- Department of Community Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Bereket Yakob --- NASTAD Global Programme, Ethiopia Sibhatu Biadgilign --- John Hopkins University-Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART Initiative, Alemayehu Amberbir --- Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham,There are inconsistent findings about the relation between gender and HIV status disclosure. We conducted a facility-based cross-sectional study, using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, to explore gender differences in HIV-positive status disclosure among service users in south-west Ethiopia... -
A qualitative exploration of HIV-positive pregnant women's decision-making regarding abortion in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Phyllis Orner --- Women's Health Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Maria de Bruyn --- Ipas, USA Jane Harries --- Women's Health Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Diane Cooper --- Women's Health Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town,HIV-positive women's abortion decisions were explored by: (i) investigating influencing factors; (ii) determining knowledge of abortion policy and public health services; and (iii) exploring abortion experiences. In-depth interviews were held with 24 HIV-positive women (15 had an abortion; 9 did... -
The social and gender context of HIV disclosure in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of policies and practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sarah Bott Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer [d314e29]This paper reviews the legal and policy context of HIV disclosure in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as what is known about rates, consequences and social context of disclosure, with special attention to gender issues and the role of health services... -
Conflicting discourses of church youths on masculinity and sexuality in the context of HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Hendrew Lusey --- , , Democratic Republic of Congo Miguel San Sebastian --- , , Sweden Monica Christianson --- , , Sweden Lars Dahlgren --- , , Sweden Kerstin E. Edin --- , , SwedenMasculinity studies are fairly new and young churchgoers are an under-researched group in the current Congolese church context. In response to this knowledge gap, this paper attempts to explore discourses of young churchgoers from deprived areas of Kinshasa regarding masculinity... -
Exploring gender perceptions of risk of HIV infection and related behaviour among elderly men and women of Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Eucebious Lekalakala-Mokgele --- , , South AfricaThe literature shows that there are important differences between women and men in the underlying mechanisms of transmission of HIV infection and AIDS, as well as in the social and economic consequences of HIV/AIDS. These stem from sexual behaviour and... -
Gendered differences in AIDS and AIDS-related cause of death among youth with secondary education in South Africa, 2009–2011
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Nicole De Wet --- , , South AfricaBackground: The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is higher among females than males in Sub-Saharan Africa. Education is associated with better health outcomes. For this and other reasons, African countries have made a concerted effort... -
Rethinking HIV-prevention for school-going young people based on current behaviour patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maretha Visser --- , , South AfricaThe aim of the research was to gain increased knowledge regarding the sexual risk behaviour of school-going young people in South Africa after two decades of HIV-education in schools, to contribute to the development of improved HIV prevention strategies. In... -
Wakurugenzi Networks: Reframing Kenyan Vernaculars of Gender/Gendering in Abel Mutua’s YouTube Channel
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Felix Mutunga Ndaka --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaDuring the Kenyan Covid-19 lockdown, Abel Mutua, a renowned actor, scriptwriter and comic created a YouTube channel that has instructively transformed a virtual space into a storytelling platform. The channel presents narrations on a diverse range of topics presented in...
