Perceived social context of AIDS in a Black township in Cape Town.
Perceived social context of AIDS in a Black township in Cape Town.
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10.2989/16085906.2003.9626557
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2003-01-01
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Simbayi, Leickness
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Kalichman, Seth C;Simbayi, Leickness
艾滋病只是生活在贫困中的人们面临的几个威胁生命的社会问题之一。艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防信息和预防方案应在相关社会问题的背景下制定。目前的研究调查了居住在开普敦黑人城镇的南非男女对艾滋病作为一个相对的社会问题的看法和与艾滋病有关的社会政治信仰。参与者(224名男性和276名女性)完成了调查，评估了人们对艾滋病毒/艾滋病相对于其他九个社会问题的看法：缺乏住房、交通、卫生条件差、足够的食物、失业、歧视、教育程度低、暴力和犯罪。与会者还就评估艾滋病的社会政治观点的六个项目作出了答复。结果显示，艾滋病被认为是该镇一个严重的社会问题，但被认为没有犯罪那么严重，与暴力和失业没有区别。主成分因子分析表明，艾滋病与多种社会问题有关，艾滋病与犯罪和暴力关系最密切，是直接导致死亡的社会问题。尽管对艾滋病的看法与南非政府表达的看法相似，但有证据表明，人们对政府的所作所为和对艾滋病的言论都存在一些不信任。南非的艾滋病毒预防信息应该量身定做，以适应人们眼中的艾滋病社会背景。
AIDS is only one of several life threatening social problems facing people living in poverty. HIV/AIDS prevention messages and prevention programmes should be framed within the context of relevant social problems. The current study examined public perceptions of AIDS as a relative social problem and AIDS-related socio-political beliefs among South African men and women living in a Black township of Cape Town. Participants (224 men and 276 women) completed surveys that assessed perceptions of HIV/AIDS relative to nine other social problems: lack of housing, transportation, poor sanitation, sufficient food, unemployment, discrimination, poor education, violence and crime. Participants also responded to six items assessing socio-political views of AIDS. Results showed that AIDS was perceived as a serious social problem in the township, but was perceived as less serious than crime and not different from violence and unemployment. Principal components factor analyses showed that AIDS was associated with multiple social problems and that AIDS was most closely associated with crime and violence, representing social problems that directly cause death. Although AIDS perceptions were similar to those expressed by the South African government, there was evidence for some mistrust about both what the government was doing and what it was saying about AIDS. HIV prevention messages in South Africa should be tailored to fit the perceived social context of AIDS.