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| Title: | 'Just kidding. I'm white!': knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of white and Indian male university students towards HIV prevention |
| Authors: | Mboti, Phebbie Mboti, Nyasha |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Periodical: | Communicatio: South African journal for communication theory and research (ISSN 1753-5379) |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 119-135 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | AIDS health education circumcision Whites Indians |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2016.1145711 |
| Abstract: | This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that explored what white and Indian students at a South African university felt and knew about HIV prevention. The study explored the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of white and Indian male students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN) Howard College towards medical male circumcision (MMC) as an HIV prevention procedure. The study was prompted, in part, by a cynical tweet by Justine Sacco, which implied that HIV is an exclusively black disease. More substantially, the research aimed to fill a gap in studies of non-black student demographics with regard to HIV prevention. The level of knowledge and the attitudes of white and Indian male students were explored to establish the acceptability of HIV prevention amongst these two demographics. To what extent do non-black students care about HIV prevention and prevalence amongst themselves? The findings suggest a relatively widespread perception that white and Indian students are not at risk of HIV, demonstrating that the association of HIV with a specific race is both a sad fact and a sign of enduring prejudice and stigma. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |
