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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
HIV risk environment for Ghanaian women: Challenges to prevention
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 54, No. 3, Year 2002
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Ghana is experiencing high rates of HIV transmission and women have been identified as a group with increased vulnerability to infection. Women's vulnerability may be influenced by factors such as gender, unequal power relationships and poverty. Research was undertaken in Ghana from January to May 1999 to examine the experiences of HIV sero-positive women. Thirty-one women were interviewed to explore the broad context of disease transmission and to identify factors that mediated women's ability to protect themselves from infection. The poverty experienced by many of the women during their childhood years, coupled with a societal belief that favored the education of males, restricted the participants' educational and vocational opportunities. With limited education and few vocational skills, many of the women took boyfriends to assist them with the purchase of food, clothing and shelter, as a strategy for survival. For most women, the use of condoms with sexual partners was restricted by the high value placed on fertility, the negative association of condoms with prostitution, and the women's limited ability to influence decision-making in this area. The women's narratives provide a compelling description of the context of HIV transmission in Ghana. Strategies to expand and intensify the response to HIV prevention are presented and critiqued. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mill, Judy E.
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Anarfi, John Kwasi
Ghana, Accra
College of Humanities, University of Ghana
Statistics
Citations: 140
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00031-4
ISSN:
02779536
Research Areas
Food Security
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
Ghana
Participants Gender
Female