An evaluation of the attitudes and understanding of HIV/AIDS that underpins the decision to comply or not comply with prenatal HIV/AIDS testing

• Main Author: Kenana, Motlatsi Queen
• Other Authors: Malcolm, Charles
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
• Subjects: Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus; Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome; HIV/AIDS test; Pregnant women; Qualitative; Stigma; Isolation; Discrimination; Social support; Compliance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2395

Magister Artium - MA === This study aimed to explore the attitudes to HIV testing among a group of black, low socio-economic status pregnant women from Gugulethu, South Africa. The key research interest was to evaluate the attitudes and understandings of HIV/AIDS that underpin the decision to comply or not comply with prenatal HIV testing. Theories of health behaviour concur that the extent to which an individual will engage in a given health behaviour, such as HIV test compliance, will be a function of the extent to which a person believes she is personally susceptible to the particular illness and her evaluation of the severity of the consequences of contracting the disease. === South Africa