Associations Between Sexual Risk Behaviours, And Certain Beliefs And Perceptions About Antiretroviral Therapy In Botswana, Wayne Gill

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study explored the association between sexually risky behaviour among individuals and their beliefs and perceptions regarding antiretroviral therapy or ART. Specifically, the paper examined the treatment optimism aspect of ART- that HIV is a less serious threat due to the availability of ART. In order to test this notion, the paper compared the behavior of those people who were HIV positive with those who were HIV negative. A second population subset also included in the comparative analyses were those aware of their HIV status and those unaware. To underline the prevalence of treatment optimism, the study also considered the …