Associations of Poverty, Substance Use and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviours in Three South African Communities  

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Kalichman, Seth C. ; Simbayi, Leickness C. ; Kagee, Ashraf ; Toefy, Yoesrie ; Jooste, Sean ; Cain, Demetria ; Cherry, Chauncey

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 7 (Apr. 2006), page 1641-1649.
Topik: poverty; HIV / AIDS; South Africa; poverty; risk behavior

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.3 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The majority of the world's HIV infection occur in communities ravished by poverty. Although HIV / AIDS and poverty are inextricably linked, there are few studies of how poverty related stressors contribute to HIV risk behaviour practices. in this study, surveys were conducted in three south african communities that varied by race and socio economic conditions, people living in an improverished african town ship (N = 499) an economically impoverished but well infrastructured racially integrating township (N = 995) and urban non impoverished neighborhoods (N = 678). Results showed that HIV / AIDS risks were closely related to experiences of poor education, unemployment, discrimination, violenve and crime. Although poverty related stressors were associated with a history of alcohol and drug use, substance use did not moderate the association between poverty related stressors and HIV risk behaviors. The findings suggest that HIV prevention strategies should not treat AIDS as a singled out social problem independent of other social ills.

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