Indigenous health beliefs, attitudes and practices among Vha Venda: a challenge to the promotion of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies.

Currently, the syndromic management of HIV/AIDS is based on a biomedical model that focuses on the ABC (Abstain, Be faithful, Condomise) model. The ABC model overlooks the issue of indigenous cultural practices, sexual behaviours, knowledge and attitudes of the society. A grounded theory study was u...

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Published in:Curationis Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 31 - 39
Main Author: Mulaudzi FM
Format: research Journal Article
Published: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD Sep2007
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost