Attitude of Antenatal Attendees to People Living with HIV/AIDS in Uyo; South-South Nigeria
Afr. health sci. (Online); 7 (4), 2007
Results: 413
HIV/AIDS Prevention through Peer Education and Support in Secondary Schools in South Africa
The implementation and evaluation of a peer education and support programme in secondary schools to prevent and reduce high-risk sexual behaviour amongst adolescents is discussed.The aims of the programme were to provide accurate information about HIV/AIDS; discuss and reconsider peer group norms; and es...
Editorial Review : Male Circumcision; Gender and HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa : a (Social Science) Research Agenda
A Comprehensive Programme Addressing HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Violence
A survey was administered to 304 respondents participating from three areas near Welkom; South Africa. Face-toface interviews were conducted with women from randomly selected households to evaluate the impact of a service provision programme targeting women living with HIV/AIDS and gender based violence....
Outcome of delivery among HIV positive mothers at Aminu Kano teaching hospital; Kano
Niger. j. med. (Online); 16 (1), 2007
BACKGROUND: If a HIV positive mother delivers in a health facility; interventions can be effected to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV to the baby. The study was done to evaluate the interventions offered to HIV positive women who delivered at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Kano. METHOD: Retros...
Photo-voice as a tool for analysis and activism in response to HIV and AIDS stigmatisation in a rural KwaZulu-Natal school
J. child adolesc. ment. health (Online); 19 (2), 2007
Objective: This paper focuses on the use of participatory approaches to research and intervention and explores the uses of photo-voice as a methodology and a means of promoting childhood and youth activism in the context of HIV and AIDS. Method: Photo-voice; a visual participatory methodology; was used w...
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in adults in Malawi
Malawi med. j. (Online); 18 (3), 2006
The Professional Nurse's Experience of Dying Process of Terminal AIDS Patient
Health SA Gesondheid (Print); 11 (2), 2006
The increase in HIV/AIDS raises international concern. Statistics indicate that South Africa has the fastest increasing HIV-infection rate in the world. Secondary infections complicate the issues and could result in hospitalisation and death of terminal AIDS patients. Nurses are increasingly exposed to t...
Factors that Affect Awareness about the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Rural Lesotho
Health SA Gesondheid (Print); 11 (2), 2006
A stratified random sample of 401 participants was taken from three sites of study (Maluti; Seboche and Paray) in rural Lesotho in an attempt to study the relationship between awareness about HIV/AIDS and 55 socio-economic and demographic variables. Pearson's chi-square tests of association and logistic ...
Wastage in the health workforce: some perspectives from African countries
Hum. resour. health; 3 (6), 2006
"Background: Sub-Saharan Africa faces a human resources crisis in the health sector. Over the past two decades its population has increased substantially; with a significant rise in the disease burden due to HIV/AIDS and recurrent communicable diseases and an increased incidence of noncommunicable diseas...