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

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

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<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
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attitude
Behaviour
Beliefs
Denial
HIV/AIDS Knowledge
Perceptions
Vulnerability
Valhalla Park.
Online Access:http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9634_1269465997
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topic Adolescent
Attitude
Behaviour
Beliefs
Denial
HIV/AIDS Knowledge
Perceptions
Vulnerability
Valhalla Park.
spellingShingle Adolescent
Attitude
Behaviour
Beliefs
Denial
HIV/AIDS Knowledge
Perceptions
Vulnerability
Valhalla Park.
Isaacs, Conrad Henry.
Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
description <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>
author Isaacs, Conrad Henry.
author_facet Isaacs, Conrad Henry.
author_sort Isaacs, Conrad Henry.
title Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
title_short Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
title_full Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
title_fullStr Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
title_full_unstemmed Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: An Exploratory Study.
title_sort adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding hiv/aids in valhalla park: an exploratory study.
publishDate 2008
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