A third of adolescent girls in South Africa become pregnant before the age 20, despite contraception being free and mostly accessible. This qualitative study was undertaken Limpopo Province 1997 on barriers to accessing clinic services for contraception. Thirty-five in-depth interviews five group discussions were conducted with aged 14-20, nursing staff at 14 clinics. Many described pressure from male partners family members have a baby or prove their fertility. Other sustained contraceptive...

Summary Objective To describe the study design, methods and baseline findings of a behavioural intervention trial aimed at reducing HIV incidence. Method A cluster randomized‐controlled (RCT) conducted in 70 villages rural South Africa. intervention, Stepping Stones, was implemented 35 communities two workshops 20 men women each community who met for 17 sessions (50 h) over period 3–12 weeks. Individuals control arm attended single session about 3 h on safer sex. Impact assessment through...

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Sexual violence within as well outside sexual relationships has far‐reaching public health and human rights implications is a continuing focus of popular debate, media coverage, research in postapartheid South Africa. Partly because it been shown to affect individual vulnerability HIV/AIDS, recent years become framed global issue. International efforts document the scale this personally politically sensitive problem can encounter conceptual, definitional, methodological difficulties that...

Evaluation of the Stepping Stones human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention programme in South Africa showed sustained reduction men and women's herpes simplex type 2 incidence male violence, but no impact on HIV women. Companion qualitative research was undertaken to explore how participants made meaning from it influenced their lives. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 11 women before intervention (one three per person). Then 9-12 months later, 18 follow-up 4 focus groups held....

Collective male sexual violence is part of a continuum coercion in South Africa. This paper based on long‐term ethnographic work an urban township the former Transkei region. Drawing intensive participant observation and interviews with young men particular, it attempts to make sense emergent narratives relating streamlining, local term for not uncommon form collective involving group friends one or more women. The begins overview existing anthropological literature violence, going onto...

South Africa's complex social and political history has produced conditions for interpersonal violence of multiple kinds to flourish. Violence experienced by girls young women, including within their sexual relationships, become an area intense research policy interest since the end apartheid. Drawing on a long-term ethnographic study people in urban township, this article explores how violent practices are variously construed, differentiated, legitimated, particular through assignment blame...

In this ethnographic article, we explore the character of local discourse about AIDS in an affected township community South Africa, describing "indirection" that characterized communication suspected cases AIDS. Through a case study one family, article first explores diverse ways which people came to "know" specific illness were related, and how "knowledge" was communicated. We consider why indirect coded, arguing reflected nota "denial" its presence but, rather, complex group overlapping...

There are many challenges in evaluating international networks within the fields of health and development. Use conventional tools is not only difficult but may fail to provide kind information that developmentally useful. Social network analysis offer benefits for evaluators. In particular, they allow documentation inter-relationships between individuals organizations, pointing potential gaps as well areas This article describes use such evaluation Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW), a global...

Abstract This paper discusses some key findings taken from a qualitative study conducted with gay and lesbian adopters foster carers in England Wales. The examined the experiences of 24 self‐identified lesbians men, who had been involved adoption or fostering processes since introduction Adoption Children Act, 2002. article will explore why participants chose to adopt their approach relationships generated through these routes. Findings indicate that applicants troubled dominant...

A two year follow-up of matched groups subjects with chronic severe mental illness was performed in order to evaluate a new psychiatric case management system. One group (n=59) received care through management, using an assertive community treatment model that directly involved general practitioners. The other group, for age, sex, diagnostic and number hospital admissions, standard outpatient care. Comparing the years before after experimental showed dramatic fall inpatient admission days...

To explore perceptions, knowledge and experience of otitis media (OM) barriers to compliance with treatment among Aboriginal people the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area, Western Australia.This qualitative applied research study is based on a holistic design. We conducted structured interviews three community focus groups, 56 key informants, 22 mothers babies known have suffered from OM. Written records were checked participants. The sources data enabled comparison verification results.People...

Journal Article 'It's All a Bit Pantomime': An Exploratory Study of Gay and Lesbian Adopters Foster-Carers in England Wales Get access Kate Wood Department Social Work, Health Human Sciences, Queengate, University Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3DH, UK *Correspondence to Dr Wood, Ramsden Building 01/08, UK. E-mail: kate.wood@hud.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Volume 46, Issue 6, September 2016, Pages 1708–1723,...

The importance of nutrition support delivery to the severe burn-injured patient is well recognized, however, provision may be sub optimal in practice. aim this study was conduct a prospective multi-center audit across Australia and New Zealand using Joanna Briggs Institute Burns Node Nutrition criteria. Thirty-four patients with burn injury (≥20% TBSA adults ≥10% children) were identified on admission or referral Dietitian at eight participating Burn Units between February 1, 2012 April 30,...

Intersex people suffer human rights abuses and harms because of non-consensual early medical interventions. They have historically been rendered outside welfare regimes equality, diversity inclusion policies, or forcibly subsumed within sex-binaried institutions. This article draws on critical intersex studies to interrogate the policy silences collusions that taken place regarding people's suffering. Using Ireland England as case studies, we show current formations equality policies are...

This was a descriptive study aimed at exploring the personal experiences of women who induce abortion and circumstances surrounding induced abortion. The conducted in six public hospitals four different provinces: Baragwanath (Gauteng), Groote Schuur Tygerberg (Western Cape), King Edward R.K. Khan (Kwa-Zulu/Natal) Livingstone (Eastern Cape). In-depth interviews were with 25 African, Indian Coloured admitted to following backstreet abortions. gave opportunity "speak for themselves" about...