Malcolm, CharlesKenana, Motlatsi QueenDept. of PsychologyFaculty of Community and Health Sciences2013-11-182026-06-102009/10/302009/10/302013-11-182026-06-102007https://hdl.handle.net/10566/24055Magister Artium - MAThis study aimed to explore the attitudes to HIV testing among a group of black, low socio-economic status pregnant women from Gugulethu, South Africa. The key research interest was to evaluate the attitudes and understandings of HIV/AIDS that underpin the decision to comply or not comply with prenatal HIV testing. Theories of health behaviour concur that the extent to which an individual will engage in a given health behaviour, such as HIV test compliance, will be a function of the extent to which a person believes she is personally susceptible to the particular illness and her evaluation of the severity of the consequences of contracting the disease.enHuman Immuno-Deficiency VirusAcquired Immuno-Deficiency SyndromeHIV/AIDS testPregnant womenQualitativeStigmaIsolationDiscriminationSocial supportComplianceThesisUniversity of the Western Cape