SRS 2398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sub-Saharan Africa, Viral Load, Socioeconomic Status
15 Nov 2016
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11/14/16 (13) religion, sexuality, and health hiv prevention. The ecology of the hiv/aids epidemic in south africa. Hiv/aids is an epidemic that emerged in the 1980s and continues to grow in the world, particularly in south africa (sub-saharan africa). It has a huge impact on the population and therefore on other things that happen in the population. It is a powerful factor in the ecology of health in south africa. In general, more women are affected by hiv/aids than men. (p. 184) Socio-economic inequality and hiv in south africa (njeri wabiri and negussie taffa) More women (57. 5%) than men (42. 3%) were found in the poor socio-economic index score (sei). Socio-economic status (being poor) is a social determinant of health which interacts with gender seeing as more women are affected. Hiv/aids prevalence was highest among the poor sei (20. 9%) followed by those in the middle sei (15. 9%) and those in the upper sei (4. 6%).
