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Title: | Knowledge of AIDS among Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya |
Authors: | Roth, Eric Abella Fratkin, Elliot M. Eastman, Anne Yuki Nathan, Leah M. |
Year: | 1999 |
Periodical: | Nomadic Peoples |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 161-175 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | Rendille pastoralists AIDS Health and Nutrition Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.3167/082279499782409433 |
Abstract: | In 1996, the authors carried out a study about local knowledge of STD (sexually transmitted diseases) and AIDS transmission among settled Ariaal Rendille of Karare/Nasikakwe on Marsabit Mountain, northern Kenya, based upon rapid assessment procedures. The survey goals were to delineate local knowledge of these diseases, examine cultural attitudes and practices which may contribute to exposure and spread of AIDS, and identify culturally appropriate education and intervention avenues. In Ariaal culture, men appear to be both the problem and the solution to the problem. Males have higher rates of and better means for transmitting information about AIDS; are more knowledgeable about condoms; are encouraged to engage in premarital sex and with multiple partners; and are favoured in a pronounced sexual power imbalance. In the absence of school-based education programmes and parental instruction, male age-sets, comprised of unmarried men, represent the most important target group for education and intervention programmes. Bibliogr., sum. in French and Spanish. |