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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
The epidemiology of HIV in South African workplaces
AIDS, Volume 21, No. SUPPL. 3, Year 2007
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and distribution of HIV in South African workplaces. DESIGN: Cross-sectional HIV prevalence and knowledge, attitudes and practices surveys, conducted in 22 public and private sector organizations in all nine provinces of South Africa on full-time, formally employed personnel who provided consent to participate. OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was HIV prevalence. RESULTS: The crude HIV prevalence among the 32 015 participants was 10.9%. HIV prevalence was higher among men (11.3%) than among women (9.8%) and among black Africans (16.6%) than among other race groups (2.7%). Although managers and employees with post-school education had a lower HIV prevalence than lower skilled employees, this only partly accounted for the race differences. CONCLUSION: The HIV prevalence within an organization is not entirely explained by the race, age and sex structure of the workforce. This indicates that there is some other factor that is associated with the organization and has an impact on HIV prevalence. © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Colvin, Mark
South Africa, Durban
Research and Evaluation Cadre
South Africa, Dalbridge
Cadre
Connolly, Catherine Anne
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Madurai, Lorna
South Africa, Durban
Global Clinical and Virology Laboratory
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/01.aids.0000279690.69276.c9
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female