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HIV/AIDS Awareness of In—School Adolescents in Nigeria: Implications for Adolescence Sexuality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary Ogechi Esere --- University of Ilorin, NigeriaThis study investigated HIV/AIDS awareness of in-school adolescents in Nigeria to determine their risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. A total of 892 purposively selected adolescents (mean age = 16. 5 years; SD = 5. 2; males = 492; females = 400)... -
(Teen)Age is More than a Number: Generational Identity within the Context of HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shakila Reddy --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study explored some of the complexities through which young adults construct and represent their sexual identities within the context of HIV/AIDS. The sample comprised a total of 136 (female = 77; male = 59) Indian and African learners, who... -
Safe Sex Education for Adolescent Daughters: vhaVenda Mothers Views
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpho Ramarumo --- University of Venda, South Africa Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe study explored vhaVenda mothers' perceptions of imparting safe sex education to their adolescent daughters. Data was collected through six focus group discussions with each group consisting of six to eight mothers. The results indicated that mothers want their children... -
Sexuality Education in South Africa: Wedged within a Triad of Contradictory Values
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- University of the Free State, South AfricaFew studies have investigated how teachers teach sexuality within the Outcomes-Based Life Orientation programme. This desktop review investigates sex and sexuality teaching practices in the classroom. First it gives a brief overview of the curriculum requirements for sexuality education. Secondly,... -
Muted voices: HIV/AIDS and the young people of Burkina Faso and Senegal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lise Rosendal Østergaard Helle SamuelsenThis article explores the discrepancies between the vocal public discourse on HIV/AIDS and sexuality as generally encouraged by policy-makers and donor communities in Africa, and the often hushed voices of their target groups: young people in African communities. Based on... -
Differences in Tunisian adolescents' knowledge, misconceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS from 1997 to 2002
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fethi Tebourski Aida NajemSurveys were conducted to estimate the extent to which knowledge, misconceptions and attitudes of adolescents in Tunisia towards HIV/AIDS had changed after a period of five years. A population of school-going adolescents of both sexes, age 16 to 20, was... -
Sex, disease and stigma in South Africa: historical perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Peter Delius Clive GlaserThis paper attempts to analyse historically why stigma and denial around HIV/AIDS is so powerful in South Africa, so powerful that ailing family members can be shunned and evicted. For many observers, the answer lies simply in its being a... -
Zambian male adolescents' perceptions about premarital sexual relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elisabeth Dahlbäck Patrick Makelele C Bawa Yamba Staffan Bergström Anna-Berit Ransjö-ArvidsonThe role adolescent boys play in premarital sexual activities, gender power relations, and the reproductive health risks they are exposed to, has received little attention in research. This qualitative study has aimed to explore Zambian male adolescents' perceptions and expectations... -
The correlates of safe sex practices among Rwandan youth: a positive deviance approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stella Babalola --- Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP), United States of America David Awasum --- , Rwanda Brigitte Quenum-Renaud --- , RwandaThis paper presents the results of a 2001 sample survey and uses an ideation model to identify the factors affecting primary sexual abstinence and condom use among Rwandan youth. The findings showed that urban residence and age negatively influence primary... -
Secrecy, stigma and HIV/AIDS: An introduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Graeme Reid --- , South Africa Liz Walker --- , South AfricaThis paper situates the articles selected for this special issue of AJAR within the context of the Sex and Secrecy conference, from which they emerged and within the discourse of secrecy. Secrecy and silence which have characterised the HIV/AIDS epidemic... -
The [in]visibility of HIV/AIDS in the Malawi public sphere
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John Lwanda --- , ScotlandThis paper argues that, far from being invisible, issues of sexuality are omnipresent in the African public sphere. However, this presence is not usually found in the medical nor overtly gender/sexual arenas but in general social contexts. Western derived research... -
Dilemmas and tensions facing a faith-based organisation promoting HIVprevention among young people in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Stephanie Nixon --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Sarah Flicker --- Faculty of Environmental Studies, Canada Clara Rubincam --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Angelique Jenney --- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, CanadaFaith-based organisations (FBOs) are receiving growing attention for their roles in addressing HIV and AIDS in southern Africa. These roles, however, are not without philosophical challenges. Yet, to date, most references to the successes or limitations of FBOs have remained... -
The role of ‘pimping’ in the mediation of transactional sex at a university campus in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: TsitsiB Masvawure --- , South AfricaThe article focuses on a very specific form of transactional sex that exists at a university campus in Zimbabwe, which students refer to as ‘pimping.’ Drawing extensively on the specific experiences of a male student pimp, the article demonstrates that,... -
Gendered perceptions of HIV risk among young women and men in a high-HIV-prevalence setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Michael Rogan --- School of Development Studies, South Africa Michaela Hynie --- Department of Psychology, Canada Sarah Flicker --- Department of Psychology, Canada Stephanie Nixon --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Clara Rubincam --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaIt has become evident that sexual health and HIV-risk behaviours cannot be addressed effectively without paying adequate attention to constructions of gender and sexuality. While the body of literature examining these themes is growing and becoming more nuanced, there is... -
‘Trophy-hunting scripts’ among male university students in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nelson Muparamoto --- Department of Sociology, ZimbabweDrawing on a multi-method qualitative study, this article examines ‘trophy-hunting’ scripts among male university students in Zimbabwe. ‘Trophy hunting’ is a term I have adopted to refer to hegemonic masculinity rituals through which men gain social admiration for dating and... -
Life-cycle stages of Dinophysis acuminata (Dinophyceae) in the Baltic Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Hajdu U LarssonDespite many observations of different life-cycle stages of Dinophysis species, the complete life history of the genus is still unknown owing to the difficulties encountered in culturing these species. The seasonal distribution of D. acuminata was followed at two offshore... -
Discourses of childhood innocence in primary school HIV/AIDS education in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Deevia BhanaThis article draws from interview data to examine the meanings that teachers in two race and class-specific contexts in greater Durban, South Africa, may give to children's right to sexual health information as a part of HIV/AIDS education. The article... -
Rural black women's agency within intimate partnerships amid the South African HIV epidemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Britta Thege --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaIn a particular way, the HIV pandemic exposes the prevailing gender relations and the definitions of male and female gender roles, both in intimate relationships and in the wider society. The HIV pandemic reveals the contradictions between women's legal rights... -
High school students' attitudes, practices and knowledge of contraception in Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TE Oni --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, EAM Prinsloo --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, JD Nortje --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of contraception and sexual awareness amongst high school pupils in rural KwaZulu-Natal. -
Attitudes, perceptions and understanding amongst teenagers regarding teenage pregnancy, sexuality and contraception in Taung
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Kanku --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: South African teenage pregnancy rates remain high by international comparison and, in the rural town of Taung, the rate of 13% is twice the national average of 6.5%. Teenage pregnancy is a risk factor for disruption of education, future... -
Sexuality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus at Embhuleni Hospital in Mpumalanga province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: E De Vries --- Mitchell's Plain District Hospital; Metro District Health Services, Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine; University of Cape Town, L Gwyther --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine; University of Cape Town Mkhabela M, M Mkhabela --- ,Objectives: This study explored issues of sexuality in people living with AIDS who were on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). -
Tangible skill building and HIV youth prevention intervention in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jill Hanass-Hancock --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaThere have been countless youth programmes throughout Africa resulting in increased knowledge of HIV, but all too often there is a discrepancy between knowledge and behaviour change. According to available literature, successful projects need to consider the context in which... -
Reasons for the low uptake of adult male circumcision for the prevention of HIV transmission in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Maibvise --- University of Swaziland, Swaziland Thandisizwe R Mavundla --- University of South Africa, South AfricaSwaziland is currently experiencing the worst impact of HIV and AIDS of any country in the world. In an effort to curb further spread of the virus, the country adopted mass male circumcision (MC) as recommended by the World Health... -
Sexuality, Power and Transgression: Homophobia in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Memory of Departure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Kimani Kaigai --- Literature Department, KenyaThis paper offers a reading of Zanzibari-born, UK-based writer, Abdulrazak Gurnah’ debut novel, Memory of Departure in order to explore how the novel positions sexual activities that are seen as transgressive and how contestations over these bodily activities imply issues... -
From personal sexuality bias to the life orientation classroom: bridging the gap with cultural intelligence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eben Swanepoel --- Department of Psychology of Education, South Africa Christa Beyers --- Department of Psychology of Education, South AfricaThe emotive nature of teaching sexuality and culture is widely acknowledged. However, a working model to promote the teaching of sexuality with sensitivity to both learner needs and community social norms is required. This paper proposes to position cultural intelligence... -
Aspects of tourism in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Middleton --- Yale University, USATourism in Kenya dates back to the colonial era. Tourists have invented a map of Kenya that comprises mainly the Rift Valley and the Indian Ocean coast; and they divide the population into ‘noble’ pastoralists and less noble agriculturalists and... -
Reflections on the ethical dilemmas that arise for anthropologists conducting fieldwork on the provision of sexuality education in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nolwazi Mkhwanazi --- Department of Social Anthropology,The revised ethical guidelines and principles of conduct for anthropologists in Southern Africa offer suggestions for the anthropologist's relations with and responsibility to research participants. Reflecting on the provision of sexuality education, I draw critical attention to the premises that... -
Sexual practices and sensual selves in Zanzibar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rosabelle Boswell --- Anthropology Department, South AfricaThis paper focuses on the sexuality and contemporary sensual behaviour among Zanzibari women and their use of scent in these domains. It is argued that scent forms an integral part of different life-cycle rituals which are embedded in gendered everyday... -
“Dying is dying, that's all”: Structural violence and cultural projects in Malawian AIDS proverbs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicole C. Hayes --- Department of Anthropology, CanadaThis paper examines three Malawian proverbs about AIDS: “AIDS came for people”, “Dying is dying, that's all” and “It's in the flour”. Proverbs permit Malawians to discuss the otherwise taboo topic of AIDS because they offer a special register and... -
Hostile Witnesses and Queer Life in Kenyan Prison Writing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi --- Department of English, CanadaThis article explores three Kenyan political prison narratives, J. M. Kariuki's Mau Mau Detainee (1963), Ngugi wa Thiong'o’s Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (1981), and Maina wa Kĩnyatti's Kenya: A Prison Notebook (2009), as archives of anxious disputes over alternative... -
“Broederbande” [brotherly bonds]: Afrikaner nationalist masculinity and African sexuality in the writings of Werner Eiselen's students, Stellenbosch University, 1930–1936
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Bank --- History Department, South AfricaThe importance of Willi Werner Max Eiselen (1899–1977) as the lecturer, supervisor and mentor of the first generation of volkekundiges at Stellenbosch University has been greatly underestimated. He supervised no fewer than 11 MA and doctoral theses in this field... -
Managing belief in a hostile world: experiencing gifts of the Spirit at a small Pentecostal Charismatic Church in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jim Pieterse --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis article focuses on the infrequency with which “gifts of the Spirit” are experienced during services at a small Pentecostal church in Pretoria, attended mostly by Afrikaans-speaking men who self-identify as homosexual. It aims to shed some light on the... -
Aspects of reproduction of the brown mussel Perna perna at the Iture rocky beach near Cape Coast, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: EA Krampah --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ghana K Yankson --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ghana J Blay --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, GhanaAspects of the reproductive biology of the brown mussel Perna perna at the Iture rocky beach near Cape Coast, Ghana, were studied from September 2014 to August 2015. The current study was aimed at providing information useful for managing the... -
Presence, Agency and Popularity: Kenyan “Socialites”, Femininities and Digital Media
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Dina Ligaga --- Department of Media Studies, South AfricaRepresentations and self-representations in new digital cultures have complicated readings of gender and sexuality in the media in increasingly interesting ways. This article explores such representations, focusing on two well-known figures in the Kenyan tabloid media, Vera Sidika and Huddah... -
Love grows with sex: teenagers negotiating sex and gender in the context of HIV and the implications for sex education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Deevia Bhana --- School of Education, South AfricaHow do teenagers located in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, the epicentre of the HIV pandemic, give meaning to sexuality? This paper examines teenage black Africans investments in sex and sexuality and the gendered dynamics through which sexuality is... -
High occurrence of extra-pair partnerships and homosexuality in a captive Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres colony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Margaret T Hirschauer --- VulPro NPC, South Africa Kerri Wolter --- VulPro NPC, South AfricaThe Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres is an Endangered colonial cliff-nesting species that is typically cited as monogamous. Observations of wild Cape Vulture colonies note extra-pair breeding activities but homosexual activity has never been confirmed. Observations of breeding behaviours within a... -
‘Celibacy is certainly not for me!’: Transgressive Sexualities in Male Children in Moses Isegawa's Abyssinian Chronicles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Asante Lucy Mtenje --- English Department, South AfricaMoses Isegawa's representation of young male sexuality in Abyssinian Chronicles draws our attention to sexuality as a mobile process of relation, a provisional, contextually-informed construct which challenges more naturalised assumptions of sexuality as a monolithic biological given. Even though there... -
Mental health, self-esteem, and influences on sexual values and attitudes among black South African adolescent males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jabulani G Kheswa --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Elizabeth Bothma --- Optentia Research Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationships between sexual values and attitudes, self-esteem, and mental health among black South African adolescents. Adolescent males (n = 522) aged between 13 and 21 years participated in the study. They completed the Mathteck Sexuality Questionnaire... -
Exploring dual disclosures for men who have sex with men in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a report from the field
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph Daniels --- Lehman College, USA Tim Lane --- University of California San Francisco, USA Kabelo Maleke --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa Wini Mogos --- University of California Irvine, USA Ryan Assaf --- University of California Irvine, USA Helen Struthers --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa James McIntyre --- Anova Health Institute, South Africa Tom Coates --- University of California Los Angeles, USAWe explored to whom rural men who have sex with men (MSM) disclose their sexual identity and HIV status in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were recruited using a modified snowball sampling method in order to complete a questionnaire. Descriptive and... -
Constructions of sexuality and HIV risk among young people in Venda, South Africa: implications for HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Veronica Sivhabu --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Maretha Visser --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study explored constructions of sexuality among young people of Venda in Limpopo, South Africa, and cultural practices that can be used to develop context-specific HIV prevention programmes. HIV prevention can be promoted by including some cultural practices in prevention... -
Giving condoms to school children: educators’ views on making condoms available in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Leah D Junck --- , South Africa Gavin George --- , South AfricaOne of the policy goals of the South African Department of Basic Education’s National Policy on HIV, STIs and TB of 2017 is to reduce the incidence of HIV and pregnancy among learners. This is expected to be achieved by... -
Prevalence and social correlates of sexual intercourse among schoolgoing adolescents in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kazhila Croffat Chinsembu --- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Namibia, Seter Siziya --- Department of Community Medicine of the School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Adamson S Muula --- Community and Public Health, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Emmanuel Rudatsikira --- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, San Diego State University,Adolescent sexuality is an important public health issue, as it affects risk to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. The assessment of prevalence of sexual intercourse among adolescents is of public health significance, as it may guide policies and... -
Assessing the effects of anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda on HIV prevention, treatment, and care services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Paul Semugoma [d194e18] Chris Beyrer Stefan BaralUganda's response to the HIV epidemic has been lauded for its robustness and achievements. However, a key component of HIV prevention programming has been missing, for men who have sex with men (MSM). The main reason cited has been criminalization... -
Rwandan young people's perceptions on sexuality and relationships: Results from a qualitative study using the ‘mailbox technique’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kristien Michielsen --- , , Belgium Pieter Remes --- , Burkina Faso John Rugabo --- , Rwanda Ronan Van Rossem --- , , Belgium Marleen Temmerman --- , BelgiumThis study aimed to gain more insight into young Rwandans’ perceptions on sex and relationships, which is essential for formulating effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) promotion interventions. Using a ‘mailbox technique’, this paper studies the spontaneous thoughts of Rwandan... -
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... -
‘You need to have some guts to teach’: Teacher preparation and characteristics for the teaching of sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dennis A. Francis --- , South Africa Renée DePalma --- , SpainUsing in-depth interviews, we asked sexuality educators in South Africa about their own professional preparation and what they believed were necessary educator characteristics for teaching Sexuality Education. Our findings show that our teachers taught Sexuality Education without any appropriate qualification... -
Zimbabwean secondary school Guidance and Counseling teachers teaching sexuality education in the HIV and AIDS education curriculum
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Ephias Gudyanga --- , , South Africa Naydene de Lange --- , , South Africa Mathabo Khau --- , , South AfricaIn spite of the importance of sexuality education and HIV and AIDS education in preventing HIV infections, Zimbabwean secondary school Guidance and Counseling teachers are not engaging optimally with the current Guidance and Counseling, HIV and AIDS & Life Skills... -
‘I can't go to her when I have a problem’: sexuality communication between South African adolescent girls and young women and their mothers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Zoe Duby --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Wilmé Verwoerd --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Katja Isaksen --- University of Bergen, Norway Kim Jonas --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Kealeboga Maruping --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Janan Dietrich --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ashleigh Lovette --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Caroline Kuo --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Catherine Mathews --- South African Medical Research Council, South AfricaParent–adolescent sexuality communication, the process in which parents and their adolescent children discuss sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, is a key component for adolescents’ protective behaviours. Open communication with parents, particularly mothers, enables informed sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
