Addressing Intersections in HIV/AIDS and Mental Health: The Role of Organizations for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Mall, Sumaya; Swartz, Leslie
Titel	Addressing Intersections in HIV/AIDS and Mental Health: The Role of Organizations for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in South Africa
Quelle	In: American Annals of the Deaf, 156 (2011) 5, S.492-500 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-726X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Deafness; Hearing Impairments; At Risk Persons; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Sign Language; Interviews; Focus Groups; Prevention; Health Education; Health Promotion; Communication Problems; Access to Information; Mental Health; Mental Disorders; Barriers; Employees; Students; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Risikogruppe; Gebärdensprache; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Kommunikationsbarriere; Psychohygiene; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Like South Africans generally, d/Deaf and hard of hearing South Africans are at risk of HIV/AIDS and mental disorders resulting from barriers to communication and care. In interviews and a focus group, members of South African organizations for d/Deaf and hard of hearing individuals all gave priority to HIV/AIDS education and prevention, citing risks resulting from language and communication barriers, inadequate schooling, and insufficient information in South African Sign Language. Participants gave varied descriptions of HIV/AIDS programs in schools for d/Deaf and hard of hearing students and described school initiatives they had directed. Some participants gave mental health problems lesser priority; others said susceptibility to mental disorders may result from communication difficulties and therefore warrants specialized services. Others, seeing a need to address mental health in HIV/AIDS prevention, had designed programs accordingly. Such prevention efforts merit support, as do activities to reduce communication barriers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01