- Title
- The experiences of women of their HIV/AIDS status disclosure to sexual partners: an exploratory study of Magunje township, Zimbabwe
- Creator
- Kambarami, Maureen Cresencia
- Subject
- Rural women -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Promiscuity -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- HIV-positive women -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M SW
- Identifier
- vital:11757
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/231
- Identifier
- Rural women -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- Promiscuity -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- HIV-positive women -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe
- Description
- The African continent has been hit the hardest by the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has seen more women becoming infected than men (Hunter, 2003; UNAIDS, 2004). This has been attributed to the permissible nature of the African culture which is lenient on male promiscuity (Foreman, 1999; Colvin 2000; Leclerc-Madlala 2001; Dube 2003). African women are not only vulnerable to infection but are also vulnerable to negative disclosure experiences when they disclose their status to sexual partners. This double impact of culture has not been addressed by past researches (UNAIDS 2004). The present research thus attempts to fill that gap. It explores the interplay between culture and HIV transmission as well as the interplay between culture and disclosure experiences. The study’s setting is Magunje Township, a rural village in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe. Taking into consideration the limitations of the present analysis, data gathered indicates that African women are vulnerable to both HIV infection and negative disclosure experiences. Their vulnerability also hampers prevention and treatment efforts as it makes them decide to keep their status a secret from sexual partners for fear of losing the financial income tied to sexual partners. The present researcher concludes with some suggestions for policy makers and programme implementers, highlighting the importance of focusing on HIV/AIDS status disclosure as a prevention and treatment method in the absence of a cure for HIV.
- Format
- ix, 182 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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