Intersections between visual design and representation: An evaluative study of the ethical dilemmas in the production of HIV/AIDS advocacy advertisements

HIV/AIDS advocacy advertisements often use constructions of specific cultural groups to communicate the need for immediate action to prevent the spread of the virus. This study examines how graphic design strategies such as the use and juxtaposition of colour, photography, typography and vectors create representations of cultural identities. A selection of documents collected from The AIDS Committee of Toronto, International AIDS Day 2009 and The Stephen Lewis Foundation were the sites of the analysis. Drawing from theories of cultural studies and philosophy, this research project examined the semiotic strategies of the documents to develop a set of ethical best practices for visual design. Issues including the representation of cultural groups through victimage, as well as the pace at which an audience is presented information, were key in understanding ethical challenges the visual design of these documents present. The following set of best practices were developed to account for the emerging conventions and moral dilemmas identified in the study: i) Recognizing the harm of victimizing groups, ii) Developing visual representations that avoid negatively stereotyping groups, and iii) Accurately explaining HIV/AIDS issues and its prevention rather than relying on narratives.

Best Practices for Selection of Excipients for Paediatrics – Workshop Reflection

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics ◽

10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.12.021 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Smita Salunke ◽

David Clapham ◽

Anjali Agrawal ◽

Kevin Hughes ◽

Tony Nunn

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

In search of therapeutic candidates for HIV/AIDS: rational approaches, design strategies, structure–activity relationship and mechanistic insights

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/d0ra10655k ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (29) ◽

pp. 17936-17964

Author(s):

Dinesh Kumar ◽

Pooja Sharma ◽

Shabu ◽

Ramandeep Kaur ◽

Maloba M. M. Lobe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Structure Activity Relationship ◽

Activity Relationship ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Structure Activity ◽

Aids Pandemic ◽

Health And Development ◽

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a serious threat to the health and development of mankind, which has affected about 37.9 million people worldwide.

Nurses Perception Of Their Workload And Pay In The Era Of HIV/AIDS In Gaborone And The Surrounding Areas Of Botswana

International Journal of Human Resource Studies ◽

10.5296/ijhrs.v2i1.1440 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 188 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keratilwe Bodilenyane ◽

Baakile Motshegwa

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Sector ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Design Strategies ◽

The Public ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

The Government ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

AbstractThe purpose of this research paper was to explore how HIV/AIDS manipulate nurses’ perception of their workload and pay in the era of HIV/AIDS in Gaborone and the surrounding areas of Botswana. The health care sector in Botswana is overwhelmed by HIV/AIDS, and this takes a toll on the nurses because they are the ones at the forefront in the fight against this demanding and risky illness at the workplace. The focus in this study was on the workload and pay in the era of HIV/AIDS. The general picture that emerges from the current study is that nurses are dissatisfied with their pay and to some extent the workload and this supports some of the earlier studies which reinforce their importance in the workplace. The study used both primary and secondary sources of information. For the purpose of this study convenience sampling was used. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The study adapted Index of Organizational Reactions (IOR). The findings of the current study will help the government to design strategies that will increase the level of job satisfaction among the nurses in the public health care sector of Botswana.

DIE EVALUERING VAN â€™N LEESBEVORDERINGSPROJEK: DIE ZOÃ‹-VOORLEESPROJEK IN DIE NOORD-KAAP

Mousaion ◽

10.25159/0027-2639/1653 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 55-74

Author(s):

Maritha Snyman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Best Practices ◽

Family Literacy ◽

Reading Aloud ◽

Detailed Data ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Northern Cape ◽

Set Up ◽

Collection Methods ◽

In view of the dire state of literacy levels in South Africa and the fact that few literacy programmes provide research reports to evaluate best practices and effectivity, this article reports on the evaluation of a literacy project. The project, inspired by two children, is referred to as the ZoÃ«-reading aloud project and targeted children in and around Upington in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The project was set up according to acknowledged reading promotion principles and it was structured to collect detailed data. Qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used and a selection of methods provided reliability. The findings of the analysis of a collection of data for a period of 15 months revealed the best practices of the project. It highlights, for example, the need for financial assistance and challenges the concept of family literacy in low-literate and poor communities.

Toward Best Practices in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed- Method Research: A Social Justice Perspective

Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology ◽

10.33043/jsacp.5.2.69-83 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 69-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Ruth Fassinger ◽

Susan L. Morrow

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Best Practices ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Research Method ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Team Formation ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Special Issue ◽

Various research methods can be appropriate for social justice aims. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches offer different kinds of strengths in advancing a social justice agenda. This article recaptures and expands upon the ideas presented by the authors of this special issue, recommending best practices in research for social justice in the following areas: (a) cultural competence and the role of the researcher(s); (b) formulating the focus of the research; (c) selection of the underlying paradigm and research method/design; (d) the research team: formation, process, and issues of power; (e) power and relationship with research participants; and (f) data gathering, analysis, and reporting.

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Trends and Applications in Software Engineering ◽

Method for Lightening Software Processes through Optimizing the Selection of Software Engineering Best Practices

10.1007/978-3-319-48523-2_11 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 111-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mirna Muñoz ◽

Jezreel Mejia ◽

Juan Miramontes

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Best Practices ◽

Software Processes ◽

Engineering Best Practices ◽

Introduction

Strings Attached ◽

10.5871/bacad/9780197265680.003.0001 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Nadine Beckmann ◽

Alessandro Gusman ◽

Catrine Shroff ◽

Rijk van Dijk

Keyword(s):

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Health Interventions ◽

Sexual Morality ◽

African Continent ◽

Public Health Interventions ◽

Faith Based ◽

Aids Pandemic ◽

Transnational Connections ◽

African Context ◽

The AIDS pandemic has given rise to transnational connections through which ideas and resources in relation to HIV/AIDS flow between Western and African organisations, as well as between organisations on the African continent. This book argues that religious and faith-based organisations in Africa engage in these transnational connections, which have underlying, scripted, hidden, or rather explicit moral codes. In other words, there are strings attached. The Introduction outlines key strands of transnational theory and interrelations between religion, sexuality, and AIDS in Africa. It shows how matters of sexual morality have been at the centre of conservative political agendas and a central concern in religious and transnational public health interventions. It argues that this linkage between conservatism and a dominant trajectory in the flows of transnational resources, ideas, attitudes and expertise is deeply problematic, since it corroborates stereotyped ideas of what religion is doing in the context of AIDS and sexuality, while ignoring counter-movements among both Christian and Muslim organisations aiming to find other ways of approaching the moral dilemmas posed by HIV/AIDS. Moreover, this linkage raises the question of what exactly conservatism is in an African context.

Ethical Dilemmas in Online Research

Encyclopedia of Digital Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-789-8.ch111 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 734-739

Author(s):

R. Melville

Keyword(s):

Data Privacy ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Internet Technology ◽

Internet Research ◽

Online Research ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Cultural Groups ◽

Ethical Practices ◽

Face To Face ◽

Uniform Code

Online research raises unique ethical concerns (Ess & AoIR, 2002), including the treatment and recruitment of participants, gaining consent, accessing electronic forms of data, privacy, and responsibility to the participants of online mediums (e.g., discussion lists and groups). Until the mid-1990s, very little attention was paid to ethical issues in online research for the following reasons: • This communication medium was a very recent phenomenon (Ess & AoIR, 2002; Mann & Steward, 2000) • Internet research posed different ethical challenges for researchers in comparison to conventional face-to-face settings • Existing ethical regulations and ethics review boards did not cover the new ethical issues raised by Internet research • It was too difficult to develop a uniform code of ethical conduct for Internet research given the diverse disciplines, countries, and cultural groups using the Internet (Ess & AoIR, 2002) • The complexity of Internet technology itself, which made adapting conventional ethical practices and processes problematic (Anders cited in Mann & Stewart, 2000; Mann & Stewart, 2000; Thomas, 1996; Whittaker, 2002)

The gender approach in community AIDS projects in Mozambique: agreement and disagreement between government and civil society

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2009000300025 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 694-699 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Wilza Vieira Villela ◽

Rosemary Barber-Madden

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Analytical Techniques ◽

Men And Women ◽

Evaluative Study ◽

Aids Epidemic ◽

The World ◽

Cultural Standards ◽

Community Projects ◽

This article discusses some areas where government and civil society converge and clash in their gender approaches in community HIV/AIDS projects in Mozambique, based on an evaluative study conducted in 2006 encompassing 160 of the 1,124 NGO projects undertaken with the support of the country's national AIDS council, known as the Conselho Nacional de Combate ao SIDA (CNCS). An analysis of projects and official documents shows that, for the CNCS, the term "gender" represents a way of underscoring the epidemic's impact on women. In community projects, the gender approach often times finds expression in initiatives to mitigate the economic impact of the epidemic on widows. Initiatives aimed at men and at the population as a whole generally pay little attention to power relations between men and women or their affect on the epidemic. This suggests that any endeavor to transfer Western analytical techniques or forms of intervention for coping with the HIV/AIDS epidemic to other regions of the world demands painstaking efforts to translate these and adapt them to local cultural standards.