Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission among South African Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Varga, Christine; Brookes, Heather
Titel	Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission among South African Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 23 (2008) 2, S.172-205 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558407310771
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Prevention; Focus Groups; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Behavior Modification; Infants; Adolescents; Behavior Change; Foreign Countries; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Sociocultural Patterns; Case Studies; Workshops; Rural Areas; Power Structure; Parent Child Relationship; Risk; Cultural Traits; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Risiko; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Although prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs are predicated on maternal behavior change, little is known about sociocultural factors affecting maternal-child care practices in this arena. The authors used narrative methods (key informant workshops, questionnaires, focus groups, and case study analysis) to explore how sociocultural context shapes adolescent mothers' ability to adhere to programmatic recommendations in rural and urban South Africa. The study aims were to understand the extent to which mothers' decisions are borne out in PMTCT-related practices and to identify contextual elements that affect the link between individual resolutions and action. The results revealed rural adolescents as less likely than urbanites to successfully implement most PMTCT-related practices. HIV stigma, family decision making, and cultural norms surrounding infant feeding hampered mothers' efforts to implement practices that would decrease the risk for infant infection. Barriers to behavior change were analyzed along four domains: history, culture, gender, and power. Methodological aspects and programmatic implications are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10