Investigation of the Voice of Students Regarding HIV/AIDS in South African Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Makola ◽  
Motalenayne Alfred Modise
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Hiv Aids

The voice of students has been lacking in the majority of research regarding HIV/AIDS. This study investigated students’ voice regarding HIV/AIDS and its impact on their communities in South Africa. Participants were 20 education students from a South African technology education university (female 60%, black 85%; age range from 18 to 24). The participants completed a semi-structured interview on their voice regarding HIV/AIDS and its impact on their communities in South Africa within the context of treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS. Data were thematically analysed. Findings revealed that church leadership was not informed and as a result, could not address the issues of HIV/AIDS regarding their members. The study indicated that people living with HIV/AIDS needed love, support and care and, further, that belief and culture are contributory factors which need to be addressed with the different stakeholders. As a result of these beliefs and culture, individuals with HIV/AIDS experienced discrimination, lack of support and unfair treatment from their families.

scholarly journals The Impact of HIV/AIDS Regarding Informal Social Security: Issues and Perspectives from a South African Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
Clarence Itumeleng Tshoose
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Security ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Social Reciprocity ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of this pandemic on households' access to social assistance benefits in the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has wrought untold sorrow and suffering to the overwhelming majority of households in South Africa. The article analyses the consequences of HIV/AIDS in relation to households' support systems, care and dependency burdens, and the extent to which the household members either acknowledge the illness (enabling them to better engage with treatment options) or alternatively, deny its existence. The article commences by reviewing the literature concerning the effects and social impact of HIV/AIDS on the livelihoods of households and their families. The social reciprocity that underpins households' livelihoods is briefly recapitulated. The article concludes that, while recent policy developments are to be welcomed, the current South African legal system of social security does not provide adequate cover for both people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. More remains to be done in order to provide a more comprehensive social security system for the excluded and marginalised people who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

scholarly journals Institutions, power and para-state alliances: a critical reassessment of HIV/AIDS politics in South Africa, 1999–2008

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore Powers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
African National Congress ◽  
Comprehensive Treatment ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
The South ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Fiscal Austerity ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACTFrom 1999 to 2008, delays in the adoption of a comprehensive treatment and prevention programme shortened the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. While the slow implementation of antiretroviral therapy has been attributed to a lack of institutional capacity, dissident views on HIV/AIDS and the effects of fiscal austerity, it was also an expression of power. This article analyses how the South African HIV/AIDS movement overcame this exercise of power by the AIDS dissident faction of the African National Congress (ANC) by building an alliance with the South African labour movement and moderate elements within the ruling party. The ANC's dissident faction responded to this by developing para-state partnerships with non-state organisations to support the AIDS dissident agenda. This study highlights the need to expand the para-state concept to take into account a wider range of social formations and the historically particular conditions under which they emerge.

scholarly journals The essential role of physiotherapists in providing rehabilitation services to people living with HIV in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Cobbing ◽  
V. Chetty ◽  
J. Hanass-Hancock ◽  
J. Jelsma ◽  
H. Myezwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Education Courses

Despite increased access to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in South Africa, there remains a high risk of people living with HIV (PLHIV) developing a wide range of disabilities. Physiotherapists are trained to rehabilitate individuals with the disabilities related to HIV. Not only can South African physiotherapists play a significant role in improving the lives of PLHIV, but by responding proactively to the HIV epidemic they can reinforce the relevance and value of the profession in this country at a time when many newly qualified therapists are unable to secure employment. This paper offers recommendations that may help to fuel this response. These ideas include enhancing HIV curricula at a tertiary level, designing and attending continuing education courses on HIV and researching Southern African rehabilitation interventions for HIV at all levels of practice. furthermore, it is vital that physiotherapists are at the forefront of directing multi-disciplinary responses to the rehabilitation of PLHIV in order to influence stakeholders who are responsible for health policy formulation. it is hoped that this paper stimulates discussion and further ideas amongst physiotherapists and other health professionals in order to improve the quality and access to care available to PLHIV in South Africa.

Educating the Heart: Fostering Hope Through Theatre in the AIDS Crisis in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Ward
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
International Development ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Aids Crisis ◽  
Theatrical Representation ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
International Development Studies ◽  
Hiv Aids

With approximately 5.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS, South Africa has the highest HIV­ prevalence rate in the world. HIV tends to strike the most vulnerable people in society, and is often associated with high risk behaviours, which inevitably leads to stigmatization. Through an integration of theatre and development theory, I propose to investigate the potential of using theatre as a community event that raises awareness of collective issues and that offers new hope to people living with HIV. I suggest that theatre can educate the heart and put a human face on HIV/AIDS, thus catalyzing a healing process at the community level. By targeting township youth, those who are currently driving the virus, an interactive theatre style, such as participatory methodology, can effectively move beyond didactic education. In participatory theatre, the target group is incorporated into the theatrical representation of their circumstances through the performance of personal testimonies associated with HIV. Here, the power of theatre lies in its ability to produce individual reactions in the audience, which ultimately result in a collective experience and elevated consciousness through the discussion that ensues. The community is thus empowered to engage in a new ap proach to HIV/AIDS. Can such a performance prevent further infections by exposing the consequences and realities of living with AIDS? While a test­case would be ideal in the affirmation of these ideas, I hope to bring a new approach to community theatre through a combination of theories from both theatre and international development studies.

scholarly journals An Afro-Christian ministry to people living with HIV/Aids in South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matsobane J. Manala
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World View ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Church ◽  
Hiv Aids

The HIV/Aids pandemic is cause for great frustration to the developing countries in their attempts to improve the quality of life of their citizens. HIV/Aids in South Africa demands a specific approach to the Christian ministry in which the African world-view is acknowledged. In order for the church to play a relevant and meaningful role in combating the HIV/Aids pandemic, it is necessary that the church should be informed of the existential situation of persons living with HIV/Aids. This information is vital for raising awareness and engendering sensitivity among Christians. In the context of such awareness of and sensitivity to human pain and suffering, the community of the faithful should be moved to heed Christ’s call to show neighbourly love. The possible role of the church in caring for those who are already infected with HIV is defined.

The Validity of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptom Screener (SAMISS) in People Living with HIV/AIDS in Primary HIV Care in Cape Town, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1133-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Breuer ◽  
Kevin Stoloff ◽  
Landon Myer ◽  
Soraya Seedat ◽  
Dan J. Stein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Home-Based Caregiving for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 697-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Mieh ◽  
Juliet Iwelunmor ◽  
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

The Role of Internalized Stigma and Perceived Discrimination Regarding the Self-Esteem of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Jakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Dedy Pradipto ◽  
Bernadette N. Setiadi
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Work Status ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Internalized Stigma ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Hiv Aids

The aim of this study was to examine the role or internalized stigma and the perception of discrimination in relation to the self esteem of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Jakarta, Indonesia. It would appear that negative stigmatization and discrimination towards PLWA in Indonesia have risen rapidly, in line with the increase in the number of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The instruments employed were the Rosenberg Internalized Stigma, Perception of Discrimination, and Self Esteem scales. The participants in this study were PLWHA (N = 96), living in Jakarta, with an age range of 15 to 59 years. The results of regression analysis indicated that internalized stigma (t = 1.31; p > .05) and the perception of discrimination (t = - 0.50; p > .05) played no role in predicting self esteem amongst PLWHA. A difference is found regarding internalized stigma and perceived discrimination, seen from the viewpoint of the work status of the participants.

Reflections on the Church and HIV/AIDS

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Haddad
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Contextual Theology ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Church ◽  
Care Support ◽  
Hiv Aids

The church in South Africa faces a new challenge—the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which claims the lives of people in its communities and congregations every day. Until recently, the church remained silent or, worse still, adopted a theology that contributed to the stigma and discrimination faced by those who are HIV-positive. Increasingly, this theology is being questioned, as church leaders take a more positive public stance on education, prevention, care, support, and lobbying for treatment. Yet a mainstream, contextual theology that acknowledges and supports people living with HIV/AIDS, offering them Christian hope and acceptance, still remains to be formulated for South Africa.

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