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Aids and the elderly Tswana: the concept of pollution and consequences for AIDS prevention.

B Ingstad1, F J Bruuns, S Tlou.   

Abstract

A study of elderly people in a village in southern Botswana is presented in this article. An argument is made for more in depth understanding of the role of elderly people in relation to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is demonstrated how Tswana indigenous medical ideology is behaviourally expressed in ways that identify elderly people as a group that may be at risk of catching and spreading HIV/AIDS. Through their position as respected members of the community, elderly people may also be a resource group in the struggle for AIDS prevention.

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Year:  1997        PMID： 14617925     DOI： 10.1023/a:1006501414850

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Cross Cult Gerontol        ISSN： 0169-3816


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