Primary and preferred sources for HIV/AIDS and sexual risk behavior information among adolescents in Swaziland, Southern Africa

Buseh, Aaron G.; Glass, Laurie K.; McElmurry, Beverly J.; Mkhabela, Mildred; Sukati, Nonhlanhla A.

doi:10.1016/s0020-7489(01)00058-x

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“…However, a review of studies in SSA shows parents who could be a primary source of information for adolescents about sexuality and health, report some discomfort discussing with adolescents about sex, condom use and sexual behavior [23]. Findings from Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Tanzania suggest that adolescents prefer to receive information on sexual and reproductive health from health care workers, and view this information as more credible than that which they receive from their parents [18, 24–26]. This suggests an especially important role for education and counseling on sexual and reproductive health within VMMC services.…”

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What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania

Boyee¹,

Peacock

Plotkin³

et al. 2016

AIDS Behav

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Uncircumcised adolescent males in sub-Saharan Africa are an important group to reach with voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services due to high HIV burden occurring among this age group. Appropriateness of the content and delivery of sexual health and HIV prevention messages to adolescent VMMC clients has not been extensively described. A study was conducted in Tanzania to examine quality, delivery and content of messages provided to adolescent (aged 15–19) and adult (aged 20+) VMMC clients (n = 320). Results show that counseling of mixed age groups during group education lacked selected key messages, compared to more age-homogeneous groups. Additionally, adolescents received more comprehensive information in individual counseling compared to group education. We recommend that health care providers are provided with skills and job aides to assist them to segment VMMC clients by age; provide age-appropriate messages; and increase use of individual counseling as a means to communicate with adolescent clients.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10461-016-1515-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania

Boyee¹,

Peacock

Plotkin³

et al. 2016

AIDS Behav

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“…In both states, access to television and family planning communication between spouses, and a combination of mass media and print media were found to be increasing women's knowledge about HIV prevention. However, the current routes of knowledge acquisition may not be the optimal ones: a study of students in the high HIV prevalence context of Southern Africa showed that while print and broadcast media were the actual source of most information relating to HIV, the preferred source was contact with health care workers (Buseh et al 2002). Women's preferred source of HIV-related information in low-prevalence contexts such as northern India has not been the subject of formal study.…”

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Women’s Reproductive Health, Sociocultural Context and AIDS Knowledge in Northern India

Pallikadavath

Jayachandran

Stones

2005

Journal of Health Management

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Purpose The special issue on Women's Reproductive Health in Cultural Context covers multiple dimensions of women's reproductive health and how it might be shaped by cultural meanings, social and gender inequities, and power differentials, employing a variety of methodological approaches. On the one hand, it aims to bring to the forefront the conversation about how women's health is uniquely experienced and constructed in local settings, and on the other hand, it aims to draw broader conclusions from a perspective of interconnectedness of women and the shared issues that they face. Methods and Results The special issue was initiated through a call for submissions and includes ten articles on the topic of women's reproductive health in cultural context. Conclusions The articles provide many insights into how the context in which they live can disadvantage women and endanger their health, as well as offer perspectives on women's resistance to disempowering and stigmatizing discourses and practices. It aims to be of interest to scholars in behavioral medicine, psychology, and other social sciences

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“…A spectrum of people affected by HIV/AIDS is evident in reports on information behavior and HIV/AIDS, including young people (Buseh, Glass, McElmurry, Mkhabela, & Sukati, 2002;Chanda, Mchombu, & Nengomasha, 2008;Dupas, 2011;Eriksson, Sonesson, & Isacsson, 1997;Fisher, 2012;Fisher, Fisher, Bryan, & Misovich, 2002;Flicker et al, 2004) as well as old people (Henderson et al, 2004;Kalichman et al, 2005;Petros, 2012), men as well as women (Hong, Li, Fang, Lin, & Zhang, 2011;Huber & Cruz, 2000;Hutchinson et al, 2007;Ilo & Adeyemi, 2010;Kalichman et al, 2001), and patients as well as caregivers (Adetoro, Oyefuga, & Simisaye, 2010;Coleman & Toledo, 2002;Hogan & Palmer, 2005). Students especially feature strongly in information behavior studies (Agboola, 2012;Ajayi & Omotayo, 2010;Goh, 1993;Heuttel & Rothstein, 2001;Hong, Li, Mao, & Stanton, 2007).…”

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Reflections of affect in studies of information behavior in HIV/AIDS contexts: An exploratory quantitative content analysis

Julien¹,

Fourie²

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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Information seeking and use are critically important for people living with HIV/AIDS, and for those who care for people with HIV/AIDS. In addition, the HIV/AIDS context is characterized by significant affective or emotional aspects, including stigma, fear, and coping. Thus, studies of information behavior in this context should be expected to take account of emotional variables.In information behavior scholarship, emotional variables have been marginalized in favor of a focus on cognitive aspects, although in recent years greater attention is being paid to the affective realm. This exploratory study used quantitative content analysis to explore the degree to which information behavior studies across a range of disciplines actually include affect or emotion in their analyses. Findings suggest that most studies pay little or no attention to these variables, and that attention has not changed over the past 20 years. Those studies that do account for emotion, however, provide excellent examples of information behavior research that can lead the way for future work.

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Primary and preferred sources for HIV/AIDS and sexual risk behavior information among adolescents in Swaziland, Southern Africa

Cited by 20 publications

References 28 publications

What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania

What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania

Women’s Reproductive Health, Sociocultural Context and AIDS Knowledge in Northern India

Reflections of affect in studies of information behavior in HIV/AIDS contexts: An exploratory quantitative content analysis

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