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HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Issues for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents in South Africa

HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Issues for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents in South Africa. Sumaya Mall 5 th International AIDS Society Conference, Cape Town 2009. Background. In 2008, prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa was 10.6% (HSRC, 2009) Co-existing epidemic mental disorders

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HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Issues for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents in South Africa

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  1. HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Issues for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents in South Africa Sumaya Mall 5th International AIDS Society Conference, Cape Town 2009

  2. Background In 2008, prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa was 10.6% (HSRC, 2009) Co-existing epidemic mental disorders Vulnerable populations in this context including adolescents (prevalence is 8.7%, HSRC, 2009) and disabled Adolescents with a disability may be particularly vulnerable (Groce, 2007) Deaf Community (Bisol, 2008)

  3. Background continued… Communication in the Deaf community HIV/AIDS education for the Deaf community. Global uptake of VCT by the Deaf community is low Deaf communities are closed and sexual behaviour patterns are unknown Need for HIV/AIDS prevention programmes that also address mental health Need for appropriate theoretical frameworks

  4. Aim Overall Aim: To investigate the associations between common mental disorders, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and high risk sexual behaviour in adolescents who are deaf in South Africa

  5. Objectives Theory of Planned Behaviour Qualitative research will pre-empt and inform the development of an appropriate questionnaire to answer the aim. Views of policy makers, parents, educators and deaf adolescents themselves will be extracted Points of importance to be included in the questionnaire Differences between the deaf adolescents who sign and those that speak will be extracted.

  6. Motivation and Impact • Study will address the role of mental disorders in precipitating high risk sexual behaviour amongst deaf and hard of hearing adolescents • Study will inform tailored HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for the deaf and hard of hearing.

  7. Methods • Qualitative research through in depth interviews that pre-empts the questionnaire • In depth interviews with policy makers, parents, educators and adolescents • Open ended, appropriate interview guides • Pre-existing questionnaire based on Theory of Planned Behaviour; some additions including mental health measurements from CES-D and Beck Depression Inventory

  8. Methods continued… Measuring instruments will be translated into Xhosa and Afrikaans Assistance of sign language interpreter

  9. Pilot Study Qualitative interview guidescan be piloted Quantitative measuring instrument can be piloted at a school for the deaf in Johannesburg

  10. Analysis Qualitative research will be analysed by means of grounded theory/thematic analysis Quantitative aspects by STATA Version 8 Chi Squared Analysis or independent t tests Level of significance: p = <0.05 Independent variables = TPB constructs Dependent variables Univariate/Bi variate analysis will precede multi variate analysis

  11. Cost • 10 000 USD • Including the cost of the sign language interpreter, travel costs, transcription and developing the measuring instrument.

  12. Ethical Considerations Potential Benefits and Harms Informed Consent Confidentiality (participants, transcriber, sign language interpreter) Reporting of Results

  13. Acknowledgements Alan Flisher Leslie Swartz John Joska Claudia Bisol Sharon Kleintjies Ashraf Kagee Lesley Henley

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