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  1. Widowhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: A case study of Slaya District, Kenya

    Widowhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: A case study of Slaya District, Kenya

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Constance Ambasa-Shisanya --- Family Health International,
    Luo women are believed to acquire contagious cultural impurity after the death of their husbands that is perceived as dangerous to other people. To neutralise this impure state, a sexual cleansing rite is observed. In the indigenous setting, the ritual...
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  2. SISTA South Africa: The adaptation of an efficacious HIV prevention trial conducted with African-American women for isiXhosa-speaking South African women

    SISTA South Africa: The adaptation of an efficacious HIV prevention trial conducted with African-American women for isiXhosa-speaking South African women

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dorina Saleh-Onoya [CXX0001] Nikia Danette Braxton --- Rollins School of Public Health Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University , Sibusiso Sifunda --- Health Promotion R & D Unit, Medical Research Council (MRC), Priscilla Reddy --- Health Promotion R & D Unit, Medical Research Council (MRC), Robert Ruiter --- Maastricht University, Bart van den Borne [B0006] Tiffany Pennick Walters --- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Delia Lang --- Rollins School of Public Health Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University , Gina M Wingood --- Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health,
    Although new HIV treatments continue to offer hope for individuals living with HIV, behavioural interventions shown to reduce HIV risk behaviour remain one of the most powerful tools in curbing the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, the development of evidencebased HIV interventions...
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  3. Understanding culture and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    Understanding culture and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Steven Sovran [d378e18]
    Early in the study of HIV/AIDS, culture was invoked to explain differences in the disease patterns between sub-Saharan Africa and Western countries. Unfortunately, in an attempt to explain the statistics, many of the presumed risk factors were impugned in the...
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  4. Correlates of concurrency among young people in Carletonville, South Africa

    Correlates of concurrency among young people in Carletonville, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- , , Belgium Robert Colebunders --- , Belgium
    There is still a considerable debate about whether socioeconomic or cultural factors underpin the high prevalence of sexual partner concurrency in parts of Southern and Eastern Africa. We analyzed the patterning and correlates of concurrency in a population-based sample of...
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