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An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women

Magister Public Health - MPH / This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been escalating in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been said to be the leading cause of death in South Africa. / South Africa

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/2066
Date January 2006
CreatorsMatoti-Mvalo, Tandiwe
ContributorsPuoane, Thandi, School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
PublisherUniversity of the Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of the Western Cape

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