Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Gittings, Lesley
dc.contributor.author Colvin, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Hodes, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-03T13:02:02Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-03T13:02:02Z
dc.date.issued 2023-01
dc.description.abstract Men are less vulnerable to HIV acquisition than women, but have poorer HIV-related health outcomes. They access HIV services less, and are more likely to die on antiretroviral therapy. The adolescent epidemic presents further challenges, and AIDS-related illness is the leading cause of death among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored the health practices of adolescent boys and young men (aged 13–22) living with perinatally-acquired HIV and the processes through which these practices are formed and sustained. We engaged health-focused life history narratives (n=35), semi-structured interviews (n=32) and analysis of health facility files (n=41), alongside semi-structured interviews with traditional and biomedical health practitioners (n=14) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Participants did not access traditional products and services for HIV, a finding that deviates from much of the literature. Findings suggest that health practices are mediated not only by gender and culture, but also childhood experiences of growing up deeply embedded in the biomedical health system. en_US
dc.description.department Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender (CSA&G) en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Evidence for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa (EHPSA), the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) Innovation scheme for doctoral student funding, the University of Cape Town AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU), the South African Social Science and HIV (SASH) Programme, an initiative funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the U.K. Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents Hub, the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/RGPH en_US
dc.identifier.citation Gittings, L., Colvin, C., Hodes, R. 2023, 'Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa', Global Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2205917. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1744-1692 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1744-1706 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/17441692.2023.2205917
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96781
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © 2023 Taylor and Francis. en_US
dc.subject Adolescence en_US
dc.subject Masculinity en_US
dc.subject Medical pluralism en_US
dc.subject Traditional health practices en_US
dc.subject Llife course en_US
dc.subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject SDG-03: Good health and well-being en_US
dc.title Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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