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Who died, where, when and why? : an investigation of HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa
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- Mee, Paul, 1966- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Epidemiologi och global hälsa
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- Byass, Peter, Professor (preses)
- Umeå universitet,Epidemiologi och global hälsa
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- Collinson, Mark A, Dr (preses)
- Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Madhavan, Sangeetha, Associate Professor (preses)
- Department of African–American Studies, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
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- Tanser, Frank, Associate Professor (opponent)
- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- ISBN 9789176013090
- Umeå : Umeå University, 2015
- Engelska 81 s.
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Abstract
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- BackgroundSouth Africa has experienced the most severe consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every community has been affected in some way, many experiencing huge increases in mortality,particularly before antiretroviral therapies (ART) were readily available. However, the micro-level understanding of the HIV epidemic in South Africa is weak, because of a lack of detailed data for most of the population. This thesis is based on detailed individual follow-up in the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) located in the Agincourt subdistrict of Mpumalanga Province and investigates micro-level determinants of HIV epidemiology and the impact of treatment provided.MethodsThe Agincourt HDSS has followed a geographically defined population since 1992,approximately the time when the HIV/AIDS epidemic first became apparent. This population based surveillance has included capturing details of all deaths, with cause of death determined by verbal autopsy, as well as the geographical location of individual households within the overall Agincourt area. Background information on the roll-out of ART over time was also recorded.ResultsA comparison immediately before and after the major roll-out of ART showed a substantial decrease in HIV-related mortality, greater in some local communities within the area than others. Individual determinants associated with a decreased risk of HIV/AIDS mortality included proximity to ART services, as well as being female, younger, and in higher socioeconomic and educational strata. There was a decrease in the use of traditional healthcare sources and an increase in the use of biomedical healthcare amongst those dying of HIV/AIDS between periods before and after the roll-out of ART.ConclusionsUnderstanding micro-level determinants of HIV/AIDS infection and mortality was very important in terms of characterising the overall epidemic in this community. This approach will enable public health interventions to be more effectively targeted towards those who need them most in the continuing evolution of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- HIV
- AIDS
- Mortality
- Determinants
- Risk Factor
- Spatial Epidemiology
- Structural Determinant
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Healthcare Access
- South Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Traditional Medical Practitioner
- Traditional Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Health and Demographic Surveillance System
- Global Health
- Population Health
- Epidemiology
- Epidemiology
- epidemiologi
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