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21	An explorative study of rural women's peceptions [sic] of sexuality and HIV prevention in their local socio-cultural context : a case study of rural Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga / An explorative study of rural women's perceptions of sexuality and HIV prevention in their local socio-cultural context : a case study of rural Schoemansdal, Mpumalanga Chauke, Tinyiko 02 1900 (has links) Socio-cultural factors oppress and construct women as men’s objects of desire and pleasure, thus increasing women’s vulnerability to HIV infection and, subsequently, maintaining the HIV and AIDS epidemic and prevalence in South Africa’s rural areas. South Africa’s rural women and their sexuality has not received adequate attention to date. This qualitative study sought to explore rural women’s perceptions on their sexuality and HIV prevention within the socio-cultural context of Schoemansdal (South Africa). A sample of ten participants, who are women from the Swazi ethnic group between the ages of twenty and fifty, were purposefully drawn to participate in this study. Data were collected by means of tape–recorded, face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions. Results of the study reveal that women’s social and cultural contexts have an influence on their perceptions of sexuality and HIV prevention, and that this poses a hindrance to women’s HIV-prevention behaviours such as condom use. The study’s findings reveal that in examining HIV infection and prevention, women’s diverse contexts and experiences cannot continue to be overlooked. This is because they may provide relevant understanding of the epidemic that is plaguing South Africa’s rural women. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) Rural women Sexuality HIV prevention Socio-cultural context Religion Social constructivism Sexual scripts theory Mpumalanga HIV and AIDS 362.19697920082096827
22	Cultural factors associated with management of a breast lump amongst Xhosa women Mdondolo, Nosipho 01 1900 (has links) A qualitative research design and an ethno-nursing research method were used to identify cultural factors influencing Xhosa women's health seeking behaviours associated with breast lumps. Focus group interviews were conducted to obtain data. The research results revealed that these Xhosa women with breast lumps did not disclose some cultural factors which influenced their health seeking behaviours associated breast lumps. Registered nurses, sharing the same culture and language as the Xhosa women, revealed that Xhosa women with breast lumps sought treatment from traditional healers, prior to seeking medical care from the hospital and/or clinics. When they arrive at the hospital/clinics the breast lumps have often progressed to advanced ulcerated breast cancer, with poor prognoses and poor treatment outcomes. Xhosa women lacked knowledge about the management of breast lumps. Health promotion efforts should address this issue at Primary Health Care services in the Eastern Cape. / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies) Health seeking behaviours Xhosa women Advanced breast cancer Cultural factors Intra-personal factors 616.99449096875 Cancer -- Patients -- Social conditions
23	The impact of HIV and AIDS on planned parenthood in the area of Mthatha Plaatjie, Bulelwa 11 1900 (has links) Social Work / M. A. (Social Science) Planned parenthood Procreation Xhosa culture Pregnant women Ethnographic field study Mthatha region Post-test counselling Vertical transmission AIDS Christian belief Gender differences HIV orphans HIV-positive pregnant women 362.19697920096875
24	The impact of HIV and AIDS on planned parenthood in the area of Mthatha Plaatjie, Bulelwa 11 1900 (has links) Social Work / M. A. (Social Science) Planned parenthood Procreation Xhosa culture Pregnant women Ethnographic field study Mthatha region Post-test counselling Vertical transmission AIDS Christian belief Gender differences HIV orphans HIV-positive pregnant women 362.19697920096875

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