The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

2088  Large

At a time when alarming numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seek help under cover of darkness, deeply ashamed of their plight, it is crucial to find ways to better comprehend and address the specific nature of stigma around HIV/AIDS in southern Africa.

Drawing on a cross-disciplinary, critical review of academic literature on this issue, the authors explore a range of theoretical approaches to conceptualising stigma. In highlighting the theoretical and methodological approaches that are most relevant in southern Africa, this study has the potential to significantly strengthen the theoretical base for future research in this crucial new area.

Open Access

Product information

Format : 210mm x 280mm
Pages : 112
ISBN 10 : 0-7969-2104-0
ISBN 13 : 978-07969-2104-8
Publish Year : 2005

List of tables and figures
Preface
Acronyms
Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. The landscape of prejudice

3. Towards a theory of disease stigma

4. Responding to stigma

5. Stigma and discrimination

6. Instrumental and symbolic stigma

7. Concluding the theoretical discussion

8. Developing a research agenda

9. Methodologies for researching stigma

10. Developing more effective interventions: preliminary thoughts

Glossary

References

Two research programmes with the HSRC collaborated to produce this research monograph: the Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme (SCI) led the study, working together with the Research Programme on the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health (SAHA).

Harriet Deacon is an independent consultant to the HSRC, Inez Stephney is a senior researcher in the Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme with experience in the education, market research and heritage fields, and Sandra Prosalendis, who managed the project on behalf of the HSRC, is the deputy director of arts and culture in the Social Cohesion and Identity Policy Research Programme.

Share this

You might also consider these related books

2082  Large

The Health of Our Educators
A focus on HIV/AIDS in South African public schools

Education is an essential ingredient of the socio-economic development of any country, and educators are a vital part of any nation's educational system. If educators are sick, or absent from school, or leave the profession, the nation stands to lose. Yet the health status of our educators may go unknown. Prior to this report, there were no primary level South African national data assessing the ill-health and attrition of educators. Rumours about their ill-health and reasons for attrition abounded. It is for this reason that the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) decided to commission the HSRC-led consortium to conduct this nation-wide research assessing the health status and attrition of our educators, with a focus on HIV/AIDS and its determinants.

Open Access

Product information

Format : 210mm x 280mm
Pages : 200
ISBN 10 : 0-7969-2101-6
ISBN 13 : 978-07969-2101-7
Publish Year : 2005
Price R 145.00
2212  Large

Household Survey of Behavioural Risks and HIV Sero-Status in two districts in Botswana

This report presents the findings of the Behavioural Risks and HIV Sero-Status Survey (BSS) for the Central Serowe Sub-district and Kweneng District in Botswana. The purpose of the survey was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, sexual behaviours, practices, prevention, care and support issues concerning HIV/AIDS among the population in the Central Serowe Sub-district and Kweneng District. Specifically, the survey quantified HIV prevalence, sexual risk behaviours and other practices among adults and children.

Product information

Format : 280mm x 240mm (Soft Cover)
Pages : 45
ISBN 10 : 0-7969-2196-2
ISBN 13 : 978-07969-2196-3
Publish Year : 2007
Rights : World Rights
Price R 90.00
Broadcastingthe Pandemic

Broadcasting the Pandemic

Broadcasting the Pandemic tells the story of a South African television show, Beat It! Created during the aspirational years of the political transition in which the broadcast media were poised to democratize the airwaves, Beat It! was first screened on public television in 1999 and developed into one of the most powerful health education initiatives in contemporary history. Broadcasting the Pandemic traces the shows evolution, exploring how Beat It! used the medium of television to inform its viewers about HIV at a time of increasingly rapid infection rates, but in which government education and treatment campaigns were largely absent.

Product information

Format : 240mm x 168mm
Pages : 236
ISBN 13 : 978-0-7969-2449-0
Publish Year : March 2014
Rights : World Rights
Price R 220.00
1926  Large

An Audit of HIV/AIDS Policies
In Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

1926

This comprehensive research study is one of the first to scientifically review and make recommendations on HIV/AIDS policy, legislation, financing and programme implementation in the six southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Open Access

Product information

Format : 210mm x 280mm (Soft Cover)
Pages : 100
ISBN 10 : 0-7969-2066-4
ISBN 13 : 978-07969-2066-9
Publish Year : 2004
Rights : World Rights
Price R 115.00