scholarly journals Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among South African Women Using Individual- and Community-Level Factors: Results from Generalized Additive Mixed Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1875-1886
Author(s):  
Handan Wand ◽  
Natashia Morris ◽  
Reshmi Dassaye ◽  
Tarylee Reddy ◽  
Gita Ramjee
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
South African ◽  
Mixed Models ◽  
Community Level ◽  
African Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Generalized Additive Mixed Models ◽  
Additive Mixed Models ◽  
South African Women

scholarly journals Evaluation of syndromic management guidelines for treatment of sexually transmitted infections in South African women

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1138-1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisette van der Eem ◽  
Jan Henk Dubbink ◽  
Helen E. Struthers ◽  
James A. McIntyre ◽  
Sander Ouburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Syndromic Management ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
South African Women

Use of modern and traditional products to self-treat symptoms of sexually transmitted infections in South African women

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 797-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Beksinska ◽  
J Smit ◽  
F Scorgie ◽  
S Dube ◽  
B Kunene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
South African Women

scholarly journals Performance of TaqMan probes for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in South African women

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nireshni Mitchev ◽  
Ravesh Singh ◽  
Nigel Garrett ◽  
Veron Ramsuran ◽  
Abraham J. Niehaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Taqman Probes ◽  
South African Women

Intravaginal Practices, HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among South African Women

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon Myer ◽  
Lynette Denny ◽  
Michelle De Souza ◽  
Mark A. Barone ◽  
Thomas C. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Intravaginal Practices ◽  
South African Women

scholarly journals Estimating prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections among South African women: Implications of combined impacts of risk factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1093-1101
Author(s):  
Handan Wand ◽  
Tarylee Reddy ◽  
Reshmi Dassaye ◽  
Jothi Moodley ◽  
Sarita Naidoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Population Attributable Risk ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
African Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
South African Women

In addition to being the epicentre of the HIV epidemic, South Africa also has the highest burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the world. Therefore, understanding the most influential risk factors of STIs is a research priority. Using the data from 9948 women who resided in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, we estimated the population attributable risk to quantify the combined impacts of the most influential factors on STI diagnosis. Overall STI prevalence was 20%, and STI incidence was 15 per 100 person-years. Four factors: age at sexual debut, single/not cohabiting, two or more sex partners and parity <3 were identified as the most influential risk factors for STI prevalence and incidence rates. However, these factors collectively associated with only 51% and 53% of the excess STI prevalence and incidence rates, respectively. These relatively modest impacts provide empirical evidence for the significant impacts of unmeasured factors on STIs. Culturally and socially appropriate prevention programs may be more effective to target those at highest risk of STIs.

THE SINS OF THE FATHER: GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black Women ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
South African Women

This article explores the complexities of gender-based violence in post-apartheid South Africa and interrogates the socio-political issues at the intersection of class, ‘race’ and gender, which impact South African women. Gender equality is up against a powerful enemy in societies with strong patriarchal traditions such as South Africa, where women of all ‘races’ and cultures have been oppressed, exploited and kept in positions of subservience for generations. In South Africa, where sexism and racism intersect, black women as a group have suffered the major brunt of this discrimination and are at the receiving end of extreme violence. South Africa’s gender-based violence is fuelled historically by the ideologies of apartheid (racism) and patriarchy (sexism), which are symbiotically premised on systemic humiliation that devalues and debases whole groups of people and renders them inferior. It is further argued that the current neo-patriarchal backlash in South Africa foments and sustains the subjugation of women and casts them as both victims and perpetuators of pervasive patriarchal values.

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