Date :

Time :

04 May 2011

12:15 – 14:00

You are cordially invited to attend a seminar by Dr Heidi van Rooyen, HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB Research Programme, HSRC.

Several studies in the United Kingdom and the United States have explored risk management in HIV prevention amongst gay men. This presentation explores how a group of rural, heterosexual South African women, living in the midst of spiralling HIV infection, negotiate issues of HIV risk and responsibility in the context of their intimate love relationships. Drawing on qualitative data collected as part of Project Accept, a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a community mobilization, community-based voluntary counselling and testing (CBVCT) intervention, the approach to the analysis will be two-fold. First, the themes of risk, responsibility, intimacy and love are explored across a sample of cohort interviews collected at baseline, 6 months, and 15 months in the study. Next, we switch perspective and zoom in on a single woman’s story over these 3 time-points, and explore her emotional, psychological and moral response as she negotiates these issues.Finally, the implications that these data raise for HIV prevention efforts will be considered.

The audio presentation for the seminar is available for download

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Venues

Cape Town : HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building (Opposite Revenue Office), Plein Street , Cape Town. Contact Vuyokazi Ngxubaza, Tel (021) 4668004, Fax (021) 461 0299, or VNgxubaza@hsrc.ac.za, Cell: 082 0508453

Durban : First floor HSRC board room, 750 FRANCOIS ROAD, Ntuthuko Junction, PODS 5 and 6, Cato Manor, Contact Ridhwaan Khan, Tel (031) 2425400, E-mail: mailto:RKhan@hsrc.ac.za

Pretoria : HSRC Video Conference, 1st floor HSRC Library Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria. Arlene Grossberg, Tel: (012) 302 2811, e-mail: acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za or Baby Twala, Tel (012) 302-2368, E-mail: mailto:Btwala@hsrc.ac.za