“Knowledge I seek because culture doesn’t work anymore … It doesn’t work, death comes”: the experiences of third-generation female caregivers (gogos) in South Africa discussing sex, sexuality and HIV and AIDS with children in their care

“Knowledge I seek because culture doesn’t work anymore … It doesn’t work, death comes”: the experiences of third-generation female caregivers (gogos) in South Africa discussing sex, sexuality and HIV and AIDS with children in their care

Abstract Background Sexual reproductive health communication between parents and children has been shown to promote safer sexual choices. In many South African households, third-generation female caregivers, often grandmothers or other older females, locally known as gogos, are primary caregivers of...

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Main Authors: Jane E. Simmonds, Charles D. H. Parry, Fareed Abdullah, Nadine Harker Burnhams, Nicola Christofides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
HIV
AIDS
Sexual communication
Grandmothers
Third-generation caregivers, South Africa
Sexual reproductive health, Sex
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10494-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10494-5

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