Indigenous beliefs and attitudes to AIDS precautions in a rural South African community: An empirical study
Indigenous beliefs and attitudes to AIDS precautions in a rural South African community: An empirical study
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DOI：
10.1207/s15324796abm3203_7
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Bydawell, Moya
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作者：
Liddell, Christine;Barrett, Louise;Bydawell, Moya
背景：最近有人假设，土著信仰体系可能会影响南部非洲对艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防的态度(1)。目的：本文包括对该假说的第一次实证检验。方法：受试者(n=407)生活在南非夸祖鲁纳塔尔的一个偏远农村地区，并被分为年轻组(18-24岁)和老年组(35-45岁)。所有参与者都完成了一份问卷，衡量他们对艾滋病预防措施的态度、土著知识、土著对祖先保护的信念以及土著对疾病的信念。结果：与健康行为有关的本土信念在结构和效果上都呈现出多维的特征。在老年参与者中，土著信仰措施和对艾滋病预防措施的态度之间存在显著关联。在这一群体中，对祖先保护的强烈信念与对艾滋病预防措施的更消极态度有关，而对疾病的传统解释的强烈信念与对艾滋病预防措施的更积极态度有关。土著信仰措施与年轻参与者对艾滋病预防措施的态度无关。结论：这些数据适度支持了这样一种假设，即土著信仰与艾滋病预防态度之间存在可衡量的关联，尽管这种关联可能会在几代人之间逐渐减弱。进一步的研究，探索更广泛的土著信仰，关注实际的预防行为，而不是态度，似乎是值得的。
Background: It was recently hypothesized that indigenous belief systems might have a bearing on attitudes toward HIV/AIDS prevention in Southern Africa (1). Purpose: This article comprises the first empirical test of the hypothesis. Methods: Participants (n = 407) lived in a remote rural area of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and were divided into younger (18-24 years) and older (35-45 years) cohorts. All participants completed a questionnaire measuring Attitudes to AIDS Precautions, indigenous knowledge, indigenous beliefs about ancestral protection, and indigenous beliefs about illness. Results: Indigenous beliefs pertaining to health behavior emerged as multidimensional in both structure and effect. Among older participants, there were significant associations between indigenous belief measures and Attitudes to AIDS Precautions. In this group, a strong belief in ancestral protection was associated with more negative Attitudes to AIDS Precautions, whereas a strong belief in traditional explanations for illness was associated with more positive Attitudes to AIDS Precautions. The indigenous beliefs measures were not associated with Attitudes to AIDS Precautions among younger participants. Conclusions: The data lend modest support to the hypothesis that indigenous belie have a measurable association with attitudes to AIDS prevention, although these associations may be diminishing across generations. Further research, exploring a wider range of indigenous beliefs and focusing on actual precautionary behaviors rather than attitudes, seems merited.