Anna Strebel
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 257116 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Anna Strebel |
| PRENOMES | Anna |
| SOBRENOME | Strebel |
| ASSINATURA | STREBEL A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5256-089X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 140 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Investigating the disjoint between education and health policy for infant feeding among teenage mothers in South Africa
Our findings suggest educators should actively encourage school attendance in a healthy pregnant adolescent until delivery with later return to school, and health providers should focus attention on breastfeeding for the initial 4-6 weeks postpartum, followed by guided support of formula-feeding. We encourage the active engagement of adolescents' mothers and extended families who are often involved in infant feeding and care decisions. Education …
Adolescent girls’ perceptions of breastfeeding in two low-income periurban communities in South Africa
In South Africa, exclusive breastfeeding rates are low, and rates of teenage pregnancy are high. Educational policy enables mothers' return to school, which conflicts with policy emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. We elicited adolescent women's perceptions and experiences of infant feeding choices, and conducted six focus groups ( N = 57) in two periurban settlements. Participants knew arguments in favor of and against breast and formula-feedin…
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university
Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article presents data from a participatory photovoice study in which a group of students reflect on their experiences of feeling safe and unsafe at an urban-based historically disadvantaged university. Findings highlight the way in wh…
‘She’s a slut … and it’s wrong’
Recent research on young women’s sexuality highlights the transactional nature of relationships among young people, as well as the increase in intergenerational sexual relationships. These unequal and often coercive sexual practices may increase young women’s vulnerability to unsafe sexual practices. Within this context, while there have been some media reports on the relationship between girls and taxi drivers, there has been little documented r…
Aids fatigue and university students’ talk about HIV risk
Drawing on a qualitative study that included 20 focus group discussions with male and female students at an urban-based university in South Africa, this article reports on perceptions, attitudes and reported behaviour with respect to HIV and AIDS and safer sex in the campus setting, with an aim to better understand how young people are responding to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in contemporary South Africa. The findings demonstrate the gap betw…
Deconstructing the ‘sugar daddy’
Since a recent Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) prevalence study highlighted the relationship between intergenerational sex and risk of HIV infection, a range of studies in southern Africa have documented the commonality of sexual relations between older men and young women. For the most part, these studies have focused on the material and status benefits for the young women, and on their vulnerability to HIV, violence and unwanted pregnanc…
Taxi 'sugar daddies' and taxi queens
Media reports are emerging on the phenomenon of young girls who travel with older mini-bus taxi drivers, and who are thought to have sex with the drivers in exchange for gifts and money. The extent to which such relationships might facilitate unsafe sexual practices and increased risks for both the men and the young women, often referred to as taxi queens, remains an important question in the light of the current challenges of HIV/AIDS in sub-Sah…
Challenges facing people living with HIV and Aids (PLWHA) in Botswana
This paper is based on a study carried out between October 2006 and April 2007 with People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) who are currently in support groups based in the Gaborone, Gabane and Gaphatshwa areas of Botswana. The research project was conducted by the University of Botswana research team as part of the SAHARA collaborative study on PLWHA. Using a qualitative approach, the study explored challenges that PLWHA face and identified appr…
We Do Not Cook, We Only Assist Them’
This article discusses how the gendering of activity by boys coincides with, contests or recreates constructions of hegemonic masculinity in the context of South Africa. The study used a qualitative methodology including a series of three focus groups with 14–16 year-old boys across six different schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. A discursive analysis in which particular attention was paid to how participants construct their masculinity …
Stigma and discrimination experiences of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa
Since the primary mode of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is heterosexual, research focusing on the sexual behaviour of men who have sex with men (MSM) is scant. Currently it is unknown how many people living with HIV in South Africa are MSM and there is even less known about the stigmatisation and discrimination of HIV-positive MSM. The current study examined the stigma and discrimination experiences of MSM living with HIV/AIDS in South A…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic continues to amplify in southern Africa and there is a growing need for HIV prevention interventions among people who have tested HIV positive. METHODS: Anonymous surveys were completed by 413 HIV-positive men and 641 HIV-positive women sampled from HIV/AIDS services; 73% were <35 years old, 70% Black African, 70% unemployed, 75% unmarried, and 50% taking antiretroviral treatment. RESULTS: Among the 903 (85%) particip…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Psychiatric Discourses of Woman Abuse
This article presents a qualitative investigation of how South African psychiatric services, in the course of their management and treatment of female psychiatric patients, deal with the issue of woman abuse. Discourse analysis was used to analyse the case documents of ten female psychiatric patients who were admitted to a psychiatric hospital in a poorer section of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, all of whom had a history of sexual and/…
The evaluation of immediate behavioural outcomes of the syndromic case management approach for the treatment of patients with sexually transmitted infections at PHC centres in South Africa
This study aimed to determine the immediate behavioural outcomes of the WHO syndromic case management model for STIs in the public health sector in South Africa, on the levels of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, and behavioural practices (KABPs) concerning STIs. An outcomes evaluation was conducted using KABP methodology. Exit interviews were conducted with 126 STI and non-STI patients at 24 primary health care (PHC) centres in four provinces. B…
Evaluation of the Quality of Care for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Primary Health Care Centres in South Africa
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the most common illnesses among adolescents and adults in developing countries. While research from other countries indicates that a lack of financial, infra-structural and human resources are central determinants of the quality of care for STIs, South African studies suggest that there are also problems in health workers' interactions with STI patients. This study investigates the quality of care…
The Social Construction of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in South African Communities
Since the medical link between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS was established, there has been an increased focus on the spread of STIs in South Africa. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth picture of the dynamics involved in sexuality and the spread of STIs and HIV/AIDS. The authors present the findings of a focus group study, which was a part of a larger, national project addressing the broad question of health-c…
“So Women Have to Submit to That…” Discourses of Power and Violence in Student's Talk on Heterosexual Negotiation
Heterosexual sexuality (heterosex) has been criticised for its central role in the reproduction of gender inequality and violence against women. This paper explores the way in which students draw on discourses of power and violence in their discussion of heterosexual relationships. The paper is based on a larger discourse analytic study of 17 focus groups and a free-association exercise carried out with psychology students at the University of th…
I. Teaching Gender in Psychology at a South African University
Gender courses and women’s studies departments have proliferated in South African tertiary institutions over the past decade (Bonnin, 1995). These developments tie in with changes in the constitution of the country as well as the ‘almost worldwide emergence of women’s studies as a field of research, teaching and study’ (Mama, 1996: 2). A focus on gender and the inclusion of such debates in the curriculum is relatively new in South African psychol…
A Gender and Racial Epidemiological Profile of Public Psychiatric Hospitals in the Western Cape
The aim of this archival epidemiological study was to identify gender and racial patterns of psychiatric diagnosis and management in admissions to mental hospitals. The hospital records of a random, stratified sample ( N =2110) of all patients admitted to the three public psychiatric hospitals in the Western Cape for a calendar year were studied for gender and racial differences regarding demographics, admission-related variables, diagnosis and m…
Whose Epidemic is it? Reviewing the Literature on Women and Aids
AIDS is widely presented as a critical problem for women, which raises special issues of prevention and care. Although it is suggested that women are particularly vulnerable physiologically to HIV infection, biomedical research into treatment and prevention options specifically for women has been limited. Considerable social science research at both the theoretical and applied level has been documented. While analyses have tended to highlight bro…
There's Absolutely Nothing I Can Do, Just Believe in God
There's Absolutely Nothing I Can Do, Just Believe in God”
The Psychology of Aids Transmission — Issues for Intervention
In this study various aspects of AIDS amongst a sample of students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa are examined. A modified version of the World Health Organisation Survey on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices, together with a survey of psychological dimensions considered important in mediating between knowledge and behaviour change, were used. Included were psychological defences of denial, rationalization and repr…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
The Psychology of Aids Transmission — Issues for Intervention
In this study various aspects of AIDS amongst a sample of students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa are examined. A modified version of the World Health Organisation Survey on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices, together with a survey of psychological dimensions considered important in mediating between knowledge and behaviour change, were used. Included were psychological defences of denial, rationalization and repr…
The Social Construction of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in South African Communities
Since the medical link between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS was established, there has been an increased focus on the spread of STIs in South Africa. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth picture of the dynamics involved in sexuality and the spread of STIs and HIV/AIDS. The authors present the findings of a focus group study, which was a part of a larger, national project addressing the broad question of health-c…
Whose Epidemic is it? Reviewing the Literature on Women and Aids
AIDS is widely presented as a critical problem for women, which raises special issues of prevention and care. Although it is suggested that women are particularly vulnerable physiologically to HIV infection, biomedical research into treatment and prevention options specifically for women has been limited. Considerable social science research at both the theoretical and applied level has been documented. While analyses have tended to highlight bro…
There's Absolutely Nothing I Can Do, Just Believe in God
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university
Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article presents data from a participatory photovoice study in which a group of students reflect on their experiences of feeling safe and unsafe at an urban-based historically disadvantaged university. Findings highlight the way in wh…
Taxi 'sugar daddies' and taxi queens
Media reports are emerging on the phenomenon of young girls who travel with older mini-bus taxi drivers, and who are thought to have sex with the drivers in exchange for gifts and money. The extent to which such relationships might facilitate unsafe sexual practices and increased risks for both the men and the young women, often referred to as taxi queens, remains an important question in the light of the current challenges of HIV/AIDS in sub-Sah…
A Gender and Racial Epidemiological Profile of Public Psychiatric Hospitals in the Western Cape
The aim of this archival epidemiological study was to identify gender and racial patterns of psychiatric diagnosis and management in admissions to mental hospitals. The hospital records of a random, stratified sample ( N =2110) of all patients admitted to the three public psychiatric hospitals in the Western Cape for a calendar year were studied for gender and racial differences regarding demographics, admission-related variables, diagnosis and m…
I. Teaching Gender in Psychology at a South African University
Gender courses and women’s studies departments have proliferated in South African tertiary institutions over the past decade (Bonnin, 1995). These developments tie in with changes in the constitution of the country as well as the ‘almost worldwide emergence of women’s studies as a field of research, teaching and study’ (Mama, 1996: 2). A focus on gender and the inclusion of such debates in the curriculum is relatively new in South African psychol…
Psychiatric Discourses of Woman Abuse
This article presents a qualitative investigation of how South African psychiatric services, in the course of their management and treatment of female psychiatric patients, deal with the issue of woman abuse. Discourse analysis was used to analyse the case documents of ten female psychiatric patients who were admitted to a psychiatric hospital in a poorer section of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, all of whom had a history of sexual and/…
Evaluation of the Quality of Care for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Primary Health Care Centres in South Africa
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the most common illnesses among adolescents and adults in developing countries. While research from other countries indicates that a lack of financial, infra-structural and human resources are central determinants of the quality of care for STIs, South African studies suggest that there are also problems in health workers' interactions with STI patients. This study investigates the quality of care…
The Psychology of Aids Transmission — Issues for Intervention
In this study various aspects of AIDS amongst a sample of students at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa are examined. A modified version of the World Health Organisation Survey on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices, together with a survey of psychological dimensions considered important in mediating between knowledge and behaviour change, were used. Included were psychological defences of denial, rationalization and repr…
There's Absolutely Nothing I Can Do, Just Believe in God
There's Absolutely Nothing I Can Do, Just Believe in God”
Whose Epidemic is it? Reviewing the Literature on Women and Aids
AIDS is widely presented as a critical problem for women, which raises special issues of prevention and care. Although it is suggested that women are particularly vulnerable physiologically to HIV infection, biomedical research into treatment and prevention options specifically for women has been limited. Considerable social science research at both the theoretical and applied level has been documented. While analyses have tended to highlight bro…
I. Teaching Gender in Psychology at a South African University
Gender courses and women’s studies departments have proliferated in South African tertiary institutions over the past decade (Bonnin, 1995). These developments tie in with changes in the constitution of the country as well as the ‘almost worldwide emergence of women’s studies as a field of research, teaching and study’ (Mama, 1996: 2). A focus on gender and the inclusion of such debates in the curriculum is relatively new in South African psychol…
A Gender and Racial Epidemiological Profile of Public Psychiatric Hospitals in the Western Cape
The aim of this archival epidemiological study was to identify gender and racial patterns of psychiatric diagnosis and management in admissions to mental hospitals. The hospital records of a random, stratified sample ( N =2110) of all patients admitted to the three public psychiatric hospitals in the Western Cape for a calendar year were studied for gender and racial differences regarding demographics, admission-related variables, diagnosis and m…
“So Women Have to Submit to That…” Discourses of Power and Violence in Student's Talk on Heterosexual Negotiation
Heterosexual sexuality (heterosex) has been criticised for its central role in the reproduction of gender inequality and violence against women. This paper explores the way in which students draw on discourses of power and violence in their discussion of heterosexual relationships. The paper is based on a larger discourse analytic study of 17 focus groups and a free-association exercise carried out with psychology students at the University of th…
Evaluation of the Quality of Care for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Primary Health Care Centres in South Africa
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the most common illnesses among adolescents and adults in developing countries. While research from other countries indicates that a lack of financial, infra-structural and human resources are central determinants of the quality of care for STIs, South African studies suggest that there are also problems in health workers' interactions with STI patients. This study investigates the quality of care…
The Social Construction of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in South African Communities
Since the medical link between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS was established, there has been an increased focus on the spread of STIs in South Africa. The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth picture of the dynamics involved in sexuality and the spread of STIs and HIV/AIDS. The authors present the findings of a focus group study, which was a part of a larger, national project addressing the broad question of health-c…
Psychiatric Discourses of Woman Abuse
This article presents a qualitative investigation of how South African psychiatric services, in the course of their management and treatment of female psychiatric patients, deal with the issue of woman abuse. Discourse analysis was used to analyse the case documents of ten female psychiatric patients who were admitted to a psychiatric hospital in a poorer section of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, all of whom had a history of sexual and/…
The evaluation of immediate behavioural outcomes of the syndromic case management approach for the treatment of patients with sexually transmitted infections at PHC centres in South Africa
This study aimed to determine the immediate behavioural outcomes of the WHO syndromic case management model for STIs in the public health sector in South Africa, on the levels of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, and behavioural practices (KABPs) concerning STIs. An outcomes evaluation was conducted using KABP methodology. Exit interviews were conducted with 126 STI and non-STI patients at 24 primary health care (PHC) centres in four provinces. B…
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic continues to amplify in southern Africa and there is a growing need for HIV prevention interventions among people who have tested HIV positive. METHODS: Anonymous surveys were completed by 413 HIV-positive men and 641 HIV-positive women sampled from HIV/AIDS services; 73% were <35 years old, 70% Black African, 70% unemployed, 75% unmarried, and 50% taking antiretroviral treatment. RESULTS: Among the 903 (85%) particip…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/Aids in Cape Town, South Africa
Stigma and discrimination experiences of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa
Since the primary mode of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is heterosexual, research focusing on the sexual behaviour of men who have sex with men (MSM) is scant. Currently it is unknown how many people living with HIV in South Africa are MSM and there is even less known about the stigmatisation and discrimination of HIV-positive MSM. The current study examined the stigma and discrimination experiences of MSM living with HIV/AIDS in South A…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
We Do Not Cook, We Only Assist Them’
This article discusses how the gendering of activity by boys coincides with, contests or recreates constructions of hegemonic masculinity in the context of South Africa. The study used a qualitative methodology including a series of three focus groups with 14–16 year-old boys across six different schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. A discursive analysis in which particular attention was paid to how participants construct their masculinity …
Challenges facing people living with HIV and Aids (PLWHA) in Botswana
This paper is based on a study carried out between October 2006 and April 2007 with People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) who are currently in support groups based in the Gaborone, Gabane and Gaphatshwa areas of Botswana. The research project was conducted by the University of Botswana research team as part of the SAHARA collaborative study on PLWHA. Using a qualitative approach, the study explored challenges that PLWHA face and identified appr…
Aids fatigue and university students’ talk about HIV risk
Drawing on a qualitative study that included 20 focus group discussions with male and female students at an urban-based university in South Africa, this article reports on perceptions, attitudes and reported behaviour with respect to HIV and AIDS and safer sex in the campus setting, with an aim to better understand how young people are responding to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in contemporary South Africa. The findings demonstrate the gap betw…
Deconstructing the ‘sugar daddy’
Since a recent Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) prevalence study highlighted the relationship between intergenerational sex and risk of HIV infection, a range of studies in southern Africa have documented the commonality of sexual relations between older men and young women. For the most part, these studies have focused on the material and status benefits for the young women, and on their vulnerability to HIV, violence and unwanted pregnanc…
Taxi 'sugar daddies' and taxi queens
Media reports are emerging on the phenomenon of young girls who travel with older mini-bus taxi drivers, and who are thought to have sex with the drivers in exchange for gifts and money. The extent to which such relationships might facilitate unsafe sexual practices and increased risks for both the men and the young women, often referred to as taxi queens, remains an important question in the light of the current challenges of HIV/AIDS in sub-Sah…
‘She’s a slut … and it’s wrong’
Recent research on young women’s sexuality highlights the transactional nature of relationships among young people, as well as the increase in intergenerational sexual relationships. These unequal and often coercive sexual practices may increase young women’s vulnerability to unsafe sexual practices. Within this context, while there have been some media reports on the relationship between girls and taxi drivers, there has been little documented r…
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university
Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article presents data from a participatory photovoice study in which a group of students reflect on their experiences of feeling safe and unsafe at an urban-based historically disadvantaged university. Findings highlight the way in wh…
Adolescent girls’ perceptions of breastfeeding in two low-income periurban communities in South Africa
In South Africa, exclusive breastfeeding rates are low, and rates of teenage pregnancy are high. Educational policy enables mothers' return to school, which conflicts with policy emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. We elicited adolescent women's perceptions and experiences of infant feeding choices, and conducted six focus groups ( N = 57) in two periurban settlements. Participants knew arguments in favor of and against breast and formula-feedin…
Investigating the disjoint between education and health policy for infant feeding among teenage mothers in South Africa
Our findings suggest educators should actively encourage school attendance in a healthy pregnant adolescent until delivery with later return to school, and health providers should focus attention on breastfeeding for the initial 4-6 weeks postpartum, followed by guided support of formula-feeding. We encourage the active engagement of adolescents' mothers and extended families who are often involved in infant feeding and care decisions. Education …
Psychology (21 obras) · Sociology (19 obras) · Medicine (16 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (14 obras) · Gender Studies (11 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Sex work and related issues (9 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras)