Understanding cultural obstacles to HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa.

Understanding cultural obstacles to HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa.

Réf. 78119 Article - En anglais

AIDS PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, vol. 6, n° 1, 1994, pages 81-89, 22 réf., ISSN 0899-9546, USA

SCOTT (S.J.), MERCER (M.A.)

Johns Hopkins univ. School hygiene public health. Inst international programs. Baltimore MD. USA

Global efforts to prevent further spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are faced with tremendous obstacles, and limited understanding of the cultural and social context of HIV and AIDS is an important factor hindering prevention efforts to date.
Examples from the authors' experience in providing technical support to 7 nongovernmental projects for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa illustrate the importance of including qualitative data in initial baseline studies fro projects responding to the problem.

Mots-clés BDSP : Séropositivité, Prévention, Programme santé, Politique santé, Milieu social, Homme, Virose, Infection, Hémopathie, Afrique, Sida

Mots-clés Pascal : SIDA, Séropositivité, Prévention, Programme sanitaire, Politique sanitaire, Assistance technique, Environnement social, Milieu culturel, Afrique subsaharienne, Homme, Etude transculturelle, Organisation non gouvernementale, Virose, Infection, Immunopathologie, Hémopathie, Afrique

Mots-clés Pascal anglais : AIDS, Seropositivity, Prevention, Sanitary program, Health policy, Technical assistance, Social environment, Cultural environment, Sub-Saharan Africa, Human, Crosscultural study, Viral disease, Infection, Immunopathology, Hemopathy, Africa

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