HIV/AIDS knowledge, risk perception, stigma and support among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
SOURCE: African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD)
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): N.Phaswana-Mafuya, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE, RISK, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4385
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6266
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6266
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): N.Phaswana-Mafuya, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE, RISK, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4385
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6266
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6266
If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.
Abstract
A questionnaire-based descriptive study was conducted with a proportionate sample of 872 academic and support staff in eight randomly selected ETDP SETA member tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The aim of the study was to examine HIV/AIDS knowledge, risk behaviour, risk perception, stigma and support. The sample included 390 (44.7%) men and 482 (55.3%) women, with a mean age of 40 years (SD=11.3). The majority were black (68.7%), married/co-habiting (59%), in low/middle class (90.7%), skilled/semi-skilled (86%), had high school/tertiary education (92.5). A significantly higher proportion of females had more HIV/AIDS knowledge and a genital discharge during past 12 months compared to their male counterparts. More males (significantly high) had more than one sex partner in past 12 month and were afraid to infect other people with HIV/AIDS compared to their female counterparts. Only 25.6% had used condom at last sex, though 50% had access to condoms in their workplaces. Participants indicated there is a stigma attached to HIV/AIDS at their workplace (28.5%) and in their communities (42%). Low levels of receiving and offering support in taking care of orphans were found. Key words: HIV/AIDS, tertiary institutions, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Europe (UNAIDS, 2004). The HIV/AIDS epidemic is viewed as one of the most serious public health problems in South Africa that the country has never experienced (Department of Health, 2003a).-
Related Research Outputs:
- HIV/AIDS workplace policies in Eastern Cape tertiary institutions
- Nelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS: South African national HIV prevalence, behavioural risks and mass media: household survey 2002
- South Africa's first national population-based HIV/AIDS behavioural risks, sero-status and media impact survey (SABSSM) research project: third quarterly progress report
- HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: executive summary
- Epidemiological and demographic HIV/AIDS projections: South Africa
- A review of HIV/AIDS policy, financing, legislation and programmes: South African case study: Draft
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector: national survey of health personnel, ambulatory and hospitalised patients and health facilities, 2002
- Prevention of mother to child transmission: a report of an assessment of a pilot programme in fifteen health facilities in Gauteng province
- A comparative analysis of the financing of HIV/AIDS programmes in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, October 2003
- The costing of a rural PMTCT pilot site in the Eastern Cape
- The current situation of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
- The relationship between sectoral characteristics and HIV risk factors and vulnerability
- Epidemiology of HIV in South Africa: results of a national, community-based survey
- Coping psychologically with being HIV sero-positive: a study of lived experience, supportive and aggravating factors
- HIV knowledge, risk perception, and risk behaviours among technikon staff in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Perceived HIV/AIDS impact among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- South African national HIV prevalence, HIV incidence, behaviour and communication survey, 2005
- The practicalities of using Nevirapine for PMTCT in under-resourced settings: the case of Qaukeni district in the eastern Cape province, South Africa
- The determinants and impact of HIV/AIDS on the labour market in South Africa
- Sexuality of black South African university students in the context of HIV/AIDS