Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.

<p>In South Africa there is still a substantial amount of prejudice towards people living with Aids (PLA). Initially, Aids was seen as a &lsquo === gay&rsquo === disease, then a &lsquo === black&rsquo === disease. People thus tended to avoid high-risk groups rather than high-...

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Main Author: Isaacs, Conrad Henry.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9634_1269465997
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Summary:<p>In South Africa there is still a substantial amount of prejudice towards people living with Aids (PLA). Initially, Aids was seen as a &lsquo === gay&rsquo === disease, then a &lsquo === black&rsquo === disease. People thus tended to avoid high-risk groups rather than high-risk behaviour, and denied their own vulnerability by displacing the disease to an &lsquo === other&rsquo === who did not belong to &lsquo === their&rsquo === group. This study focuses on factors that influence and motivate adolescents&rsquo === behavior towards HIV/AIDS at Beauvallon High School in Valhalla Park === an impoverished, peri-urban and previously coloured only community.</p>