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Improving the health status of women through puberty rites for girls.

The aim of this article is to present a sexuality education programme, which can be used in puberty rites for girls (vukhomba) to improve the health status of women in the community. The programme was developed from the inputs made by initiated girls and women participating in the puberty rites in t...

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Published in:Health SA Gesondheid Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 68 - 74
Main Author: Maluleke TX
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD 2003 Sep
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        au: Maluleke TX
        affil: Department of Public Health and Centre for Youth Studies, University of Venda; Tmaluleke@univen.ac.za
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          Puberty
          Rituals and Ceremonies In Adolescence
          Rituals and Ceremonies In Infancy and Childhood
          Sex Education In Adolescence
          Sex Education In Infancy and Childhood
          Adolescence
          Child
          Course Content
          Descriptive Research
          Anthropology, Cultural
          Exploratory Research
          Female
          Health Promotion
          Health Status
          Qualitative Studies
          South Africa
          Teaching Methods
          Women's Health
          Human
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Child: 6-12 years
          Female
      ab: The aim of this article is to present a sexuality education programme, which can be used in puberty rites for girls (vukhomba) to improve the health status of women in the community. The programme was developed from the inputs made by initiated girls and women participating in the puberty rites in the Limpopo Province. The purpose of the programme is to share information that will enable girls and women to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and to prevent teenage pregnancy, STDs, HIV and AIDS. The need for this programme was identified during a study entitled 'Puberty rites for girls in the Northern Region of the Northern Province of South Africa: Implications for women's health and health promotion.' The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the events and activities of 'vukhomba'; to describe the content of the sexuality education given to girls during the rites and to explore the possibility of utilising vukhomba for the improvement of the health status of women. The study was designed as a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research project. The ethnographic strategy was used to gain access to the 'vukhomba' to view and describe the rites from an emic perspective.
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