Social Cultural Barriers to Prevention of HIV and AIDS among HIV-Sero Positive Adults in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNgige, Lucy W.
dc.contributor.authorKieru, Jane N.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-23T13:29:19Z
dc.date.available2023-06-23T13:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate socio-cultural barriers to prevention of HIV and AIDS in the context of gender based violence among people living with HIV and AIDS in Thika Sub-County, Kenya. The Health Belief Model and General systems Theory guided the study. A survey of 239 randomly selected respondents from randomly selected support groups for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) was conducted. Data were collected by use of interview schedules, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The data were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Results showed that HIV prevention was impended by interplay of factors which seemed to emanate from gender power imbalances. The barriers which were paramount comprised condom refusal (40.3%), alcohol abuse (38.2%), stigma and discrimination (35.7%), financial constraints (28.1%), condom fatigue (23.5%), lack of female condoms (17.6%) ignorance and non-acceptance of one‟s HIV sero-positive status (15.1%). Other minor barriers included people‟s curiosity (5.0%), peer influence (2.9%), desire to have more children (2.5%), having multiple partners (2.1%) and lack of protective materials (1.7%). The study also establised that there were gender based violence meted against men and women which included: sexual violence in form of forced sex, denial of sexual intimacy, abandonment by sexual partner, physical violence, psychological violence, economic violence, stigma, discrimination and community social isolation among PLWHA. It was recommended that there was need for community based intervention programs targeting PLWHA to address socio-cultural barriers that impede self-efficacy in the prevention of HIV and AIDS and thereby reduce gender-based violence among People Living with HIV and AIDS.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgige, L. W., & Kieru, J. N. (2020). Social Cultural Barriers to Prevention of HIV and AIDS among HIV-Sero Positive Adults in Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2663-6743
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25957
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Scholars Publisheren_US
dc.subjectSocio-Cultural Barriersen_US
dc.subjectGender based violenceen_US
dc.subjectHIV and AIDS Preventionen_US
dc.subjectSexual behaviouren_US
dc.subjectReproductive behavioren_US
dc.subjectPLWHAen_US
dc.subjectKenya.en_US
dc.titleSocial Cultural Barriers to Prevention of HIV and AIDS among HIV-Sero Positive Adults in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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