Esther Mandelstamm/Feb 29, 2008/4:53pm/Gender Issues
Researchers at RTI international and the Medical Research Council of South Africa are trying to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission in South Africa. They will conduct a study to test the effectiveness and combining voluntary counseling and HIV/AIDS testing with women-focused behavioral interventions to prevent the spread of the disease. This article describes the testing processes that are going to focus on women behavior intervention that helps women reduce substance abuse, sexual risk, and victimization. The intervention offers strategies for developing personal power, strengthening negotiating skills, and preventing sexual violence. "The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa has received substantial attention, but interventions that address the increasing problems of women's drug abuse and victimization, and how they contribute to the spread of HIV, are urgently needed," said Wechsberg, who is principal investigator for the project. "These intersecting phenomena jeopardize not only the present generation, but also future generations." In 2005 there was an intervention/test of 112 women and all reported a reduction in their sexual risk behavior and victimization, as well as substance use as verified through biological testing. These women also reported that after the study, they continued to support each other gaining a sense of community cohesion (Western Cape) HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of premature death in South Africa.
We have all heard about the epidemic of HIV/AIDS within Africa especially with women. Many people are trying to help and figure out ways to reduce the spread and this article addresses one intervention study that is being explored. I believe that the issues that are addressed in this article are key things that need to be worked on, reduce substance abuse, sexual risk, and victimization. My personal passion that I wish women did not have to suffer is the victimization and sexual abuse in Africa. When these women are victims they are virtually helpless to the transmission to this disease. I believe that these women need to the skills to learn to protect themselves from men and well as the ways to protect themselves if they choose to engage in sexual activity.
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=01news.db&command=viewone&id=1453&op=t
2 comments:
Im glad that someone is taking the time out to study this disease that is rapidly spreading but most importantly they are studying the women in which I feel is more important because they are people who reproduce offspring.
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