Dimensions and Manifestations of Sexual Risk Taking Behaviours in the Era of STIs and HIV/AIDS in South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Vusi Mahlalela ◽  
S.M. Kang’ethe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Stis And Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Material deprivation and sexual risk nexus among young people in urban disadvantaged settings in Malawi and South Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mphatso Kamndaya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Material Deprivation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking

Abstract Objective: Understanding how context-specific measures of urban disadvantage are associated with sexual risk is critical to the refinement of effective HIV prevention interventions in urban disadvantaged settings in sub-Saharan Africa . This study describes how a mixed methods research design was used to get a more nuanced understanding of young people’s experience of material deprivation and their motivation for sexual risk-taking in urban disadvantaged settings. The study involved secondary analysis of data (n=560) from South Africa, primary qualitative study with 60 young people and household survey (n = 1,071) in Malawi. Legitimation strategies were used to identify inferences from the findings. Material deprivation characteristics that explained the most variance in sexual risk were determined by using logged coefficients multiplied by their standard deviations. Results: In South Africa, financial difficulty (0.16 = (log 2.11)*(0.50)) exerted the strongest effects on sexual risk followed by deprivation (0.10 = (log 1.43)*(0.66)) among young women, while for young men, material deprivation (0.04 = (log 1.20)*(0.50)) showed significant effects on sexual risk-taking. However in Malawi, material deprivation (0.08 = (log 1.37)*(0.58)) and unemployment (0.12 = (log 1.77)*(0.50)) were the most influential indicators of deprivation associated with coercive sex among young women and young men respectively.

scholarly journals A social network typology and sexual risk-taking among men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex de Voux ◽  
Stefan D. Baral ◽  
Linda-Gail Bekker ◽  
Chris Beyrer ◽  
Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Sex With Men
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