Paradox of risk: sexuality and HIV/AIDS among young people with physical disabilities in Nyanga, South Africa.
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Date
2007
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
There is also assumption, that physically disabled young people do not experience challenges in expressing their sexuality and accessing HIV/AIDS prevention services, to the same extent as other disability groups such as the blind and those with intellectual disabilities.
Hence there was a need to explore disabled young people's own understanding of risk and the factors that hinder or support their participation in existing sexuality education and HIV/AIDS prevention programmes. It was also important for this group to suggest ways in which they may participate in such programmes.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Physically disabled young people, Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, Contextual factors, Discrimination, Fluctuating identity, Fatalistic attitudes, Community-based and inclusive HIV/AIDS services, Nyanga, South Africa