It 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 …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the potential causes of HIV prevalence
among young women in South Africa. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the …

This study explores the social representations of HIV and AIDS that circulate among white
women teachers in South Africa, a group whose personal risk of the disease is low but who …

Heterosexually transmitted HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the health and economy of sub-
Saharan African countries. In Malawi, 15.4% of 15–49 year olds are infected with HIV and 18 …

Current HIV-prevention work indicates that simply providing HIV-related information plays a
limited role in changing sexual practices, and instead stresses the need to address the …

How 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 …

Antenatal services provide a valuable opportunity for the uptake of prevention of mother-to-
child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV interventions and antiretroviral treatment (ART) for …

The AIDS epidemic presently engulfing South Africa is mostly based on heterosexual
transmission. This paper discusses the male role in African culture in the HIV and AIDS …

In KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa, the social construction of young people's sexuality reflects
both a complex historical process of cultural and religious integration, as well as the …

Parent–adolescent sexuality communication, the process in which parents and their
adolescent children discuss sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, is a key …