Talking past each other
Towards HIV/Aids prevention in Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9973403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Iyiani (People's Democratic Party of Nigeria, Nigeria, corresponding author), Tony Binns (0000-0003-1803-7218, University of Otago), Pat Shannon (0009-0003-6641-3115, University of Otago) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 258-271 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872810369338 |
| OpenAlex | W2137352105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
This study investigates the relationship between HIV/AIDS prevention programmes and the lived realities of people most ‘at risk’ in the poor community of Ajegunle in Nigeria’s Lagos State. While providers, international NGOs and their client NGOs, emphasize Western medical models for HIV/ AIDS intervention and prevention, ‘at-risk’ groups expressed strong feelings of powerlessness over socio-cultural and political conditions affecting them. We suggest that multi-sectoral responses with full community participation are necessary in order to engage in more effective preventive action. This requires a major power shift, whereby local people are fully involved in decision-making about policies and their implementation
Action (physics · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Feeling · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Intervention (counseling · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Preventive action · Sociology · State (computer science · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |