AIDS Awareness of Secondary School Pupils in the Northern Province of South Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 955-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer ◽  
Lily Cherian ◽  
Varghese I. Cherian
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Northern Sotho ◽  
Aids Awareness ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

This study investigated AIDS awareness in secondary school pupils (mainly Northern Sotho and Xitsonga) in the Northern Province of South Africa. The randomly chosen sample included 622 Standard 9 pupils (254 boys and 368 girls) in the age range of 17 to 24 years ( M of 19.3), who were administered a questionnaire on awareness of AIDS and socioeconomic status. Over 72% of the questions about AIDS were correctly answered, which suggests a fair amount of accurate information about AIDS; however, 18% were of the opinion that “AIDS does not exist” and 19% that “there is a cure for AIDS.” Analysis of variance indicated no relationships for sex, age, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status with correct answers.

Attitudes toward Suicide among South African Secondary School Pupils

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1259-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer ◽  
Varghese I. Cherian ◽  
Lily Cherian
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
South African ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Attitudes Towards Suicide ◽  
Attitudes Toward Suicide ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Commit Suicide ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

This study investigated attitudes towards suicide among 622 Standard 9 (U.S. Grade 11) secondary school pupils chosen at random from schools throughout the Northern Province in South Africa. The pupils were 254 (41%) boys and 368 (59%) girls in the age range of 17 to 24 years, with a mean age of 19.3 yr. A questionnaire was administered to obtain data on attitudes and other measures. There were 31 (17%) parasuicidal boys and 34 (13%) girls. Major intentions or reasons to commit suicide mentioned were “failing to solve problems” and “mental illness.” Most frequent possible suicide methods were firearms, pills, or poison. Significant associations were found with having a friend or relative who committed suicide, parasuicide (oneself), depression, stress events, ethnicity, and attitudes towards suicide.

Opinion on Aids Prevention and Education among Rural Secondary School Pupils in the Northern Province of South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-595
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
The Body ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Secondary School Pupils ◽  
Hiv Aids

The study investigated perceptions of AIDS prevention and education among 308 Grade 11 pupils (132 boys and 176 girls), secondary school pupils (mainly Northern Sotho and Tsonga) in the Northern Province of South Africa. They were chosen randomly from three rural schools in Mankweng district and were ages 17 to 25 years ( M age=19.1 yr., SD=2.8). Analysis of ratings given on items of a questionnaire on AIDS prevention and education indicated that ‘Isolating people who are HIV positive’ and ‘How to protect yourself from getting HIV/AIDS’ received the highest ratings. Factor analysis extracted three factors on AIDS education explaining 48% of the variance. The items loading strongly on the first factor were use of condoms (.54), giving information (.53), finding a cure (.52), and no sex outside marriage (.42). On AIDS education two factors were extracted accounting for 52% of the variance. The first factor had significant item loadings for ‘sexual behaviour and HIV/AIDS’ (.75), ‘knowledge of self-protection’ (68), how AIDS/HIV affects the body' (.66), and ‘alcohol and sexual behaviour’. These findings should contribute to the development of health promotion initiatives directed at AIDS/HIV.

scholarly journals Factors affecting condom use among junior secondary school pupils in South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Outcomes Measures ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

The aim of the study is to investigniefi2ctors affecting condom use among junior Secondary School pupi1s in South Africa. The sample included 446 Grade 10 Secondary school pupils, 200 (44.896) ma1e and 246 (55.2%),females within the age range of I0 to 30 years (M age 16.6 years, SD = 2.5) from three rural schools in one region of the Northern Province in South Africa. Main outcomes measures included sexual activity and condom use (12 items), source of “condom” information (12 items), knowledge of correct condom use (10 items), a 16-item AIDS Health Belief Scale and a 28-item Condom Use Self-Efficiency Scale. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Factors affecting behaviours that address HIV risk among a sample of junior secondary school students in the Northern Province, South Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Junior Secondary

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting HIV risk reduction among junior secondary school pupils in South Africa. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was om HIV risiko reduksie faktore onder junior sekondêre skool leerlinge in Suid-Afrika te identifiseer. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

THE WHITE CAMEL OF THE MAKGABENG

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN W. SMITH ◽  
JOHAN A. VAN SCHALKWYK
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
Northern Sotho ◽  
White Settlement

Research in the Northern Province of South Africa has revealed a most surprising new rock art find: a painting of a camel. This paper investigates how and why a camel came to be painted in the remote rock art of the Makgabeng hills. Analysis of archival material allows one to attribute the painting to a Northern Sotho artist who was active in the first decade of the twentieth century. The purpose of the painting is revealed in its context; it forms part of a collection of paintings which ridicule elements of ineptness in the ways of the new white intruders. We argue that this pointed humour helped the Makgabeng community to overcome some of the trauma of the displacement and violence which characterized the era of the first white settlement in northern South Africa.

Academic Achievement of Children of Divorced Parents

1989 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varghese I. Cherian
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Age Range

This study investigated the academic achievement of 242 pupils whose parents were divorced and 713 pupils whose parents were neither divorced nor separated. The subjects were in the age range of 13 to 17 yr., with a mean age of 15.6 yr. and they were chosen at random from the total Standard 7 population of Transkei, South Africa. A questionnaire was administered to 1,021 pupils to identify the children of parents divorced or separated and neither divorced nor separated. Analysis of variance indicated that the academic achievement of children whose parents were divorced or separated was significantly lower than that of the children whose parents were neither divorced nor separated.

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