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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communities
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 62, No. 7, Year 2006
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The majority of the world's HIV infections occur in communities ravished by poverty. Although HIV/AIDS and poverty are inextricably linked, there are few studies of how poverty-related stressors contribute to HIV risk behavior practices. In this study, surveys were conducted in three South African communities that varied by race and socio-economic conditions: people living in an impoverished African township (N=499); an economically impoverished but well infrastructured racially integrating township (N=995); and urban non-impoverished neighborhoods (N=678). Results showed that HIV/AIDS risks were closely related to experiences of poor education, unemployment, discrimination, violence, and crime. Although poverty-related stressors were associated with a history of alcohol and drug use, substance use did not moderate the association between poverty-related stressors and HIV risk behaviors. The findings suggest that HIV prevention strategies should not treat AIDS as a singled out social problem independent of other social ills. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kalichman, Seth Charles
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Simbayi, Leickness Chisamu
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Kagee, Ashraf
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Toefy, Yoesrie
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Jooste, Sean Edwin
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Cain, Demetria N.
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Cherry, Chauncey
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Statistics
Citations: 190
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.021
ISSN:
02779536
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study