Essays about: "prevention of HIV"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 63 essays containing the words prevention of HIV.

  1. 11. You can’t eat the sweet with the paper on : An anthropological study of perceptions of HIV and HIV prevention among Xhosa youth in Cape Town, South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kajsa Yllequist; [2018]
    Keywords : HIV; HIV prevention; condom attitudes; Xhosa youth; loveLife; gender inequality; hegemonic masculinity; ulwaluko.;

    Abstract : South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world and the HIV rates among youth are especially alarming. In 2016 there were 110 000 new cases of HIV among 15 to 24-year-olds. The aim of this study is to describe and analyse perceptions of HIV and HIV prevention among Xhosa youth in the township of Langa, Cape Town. READ MORE

  3. 12. HIV in Ukraine: An Everlasting Epidemic? Assessment of knowledge, behaviour change, tolerance towards people living with HIV and accessibility of healthcare services for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in Ukraine.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Sonja Bloch; [2018]
    Keywords : HIV; health prevention; project effectiveness; gender equality; Ukraine; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ukraine has the second highest rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Europe and struggles with the HIV epidemic since the 1990s. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are especially vulnerable due to their social position and biological characteristics. READ MORE

  4. 13. Perceptions and Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Education among Students at Swedish for Immigrants – A qualitative study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Johanna Selander; [2017]
    Keywords : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; SRHR; Education; Swedish for Immigrants; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global public health issue. Sweden has a national strategy for prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and migrants are one of the target groups. READ MORE

  5. 14. Is it enough to ‘add homosexual men and stir’? The significance of materialism in HIV prevention in the Global South.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Katharina Jemima Hopp; [2017]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; homosexual; Uganda; materialism; sexual citizenship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the HIV/AIDS peak in the 1980s, Uganda has been hailed as a success story after having dramatically decreased the infection rate in the 2000s. However, the country’s HIV/AIDS rate has started to increase again in recent years. READ MORE

  6. 15. Nurse’s experience of working with HIV-infected people with type 2 diabetes

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd

    Author : Mathilda Lomstad; Amanda Möller; [2017]
    Keywords : health education; HIV; Type 2 diabetes; openness; nursing;

    Abstract : Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the largest public health problems internationally today and southern Africa is the part of the world that is most affected. Successful research has led to new improved antiretroviral drugs. Even if these drugs are improved and more successful, they bring along side effects. READ MORE