Marseille 2007
| Abstract #322 - THE IMPACT OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON THE VULNERABILITY OF THE YOUNG GIRL TO BECOME HIV INFECTED | ||||
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Session: 26.59: Posters B (Poster) on Tuesday in Chaired by Authors: Presenting Author: Prof Linda van rooyen - University of Pretoria, South Africa |
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| Aim: The aim of this research was to identify, describe and explain new/possible other contextual facts that impact on the vulnerability of the young girl to become HIV infected. | ||||
| Method / Issue: 1. To construct a detailed but holistic picture from the different studies that were done on the topic. The latter served as a valuable point of departure for this research, other studies, community programmes, education programmes, etc. 2. It was secondly necessary to do a comprehensive field study that was conducted in semi urban schools. Data collection methods were questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, analysis of sources, field observation, etc. 3. Instrumental case study design to obtain an in-depth description of the lived-experiences of research participants. 4. Data analysis and interpretation included a variety of quality criteria. | ||||
| Results / Comments: Some of the main findings pointed to cultural beliefs and misconceptions regarding disease and misfortune that negatively influence the enculturation and behaviour of the young girl. Other misconceptions, harmful views, stereotypes and traditions were also identified. Gender inequality and the physiological status of the young girl, together with genital trauma such as female genital mutilation, beliefs on dry sexual intercourse and the relation to female violence were some of the other contextual factors that were identified. | ||||
| Discussion: The results of the study will be presented in a summarized diagrammatical presentation and a detailed text. | ||||
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