University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
Med Anthropol. 2009 Jul;28(3):268-84. doi: 10.1080/01459740903073414.
There has been a tendency for many researchers and health professionals examining HIV transmission in South Africa to focus on explanations that specifically implicate culture as a primary vector affecting the prevalence of high-risk sexual behavior, such as multiple partners, unprotected sex, and dry sex. In contrast, the residents of Orange Farm, a former informal settlement south of Soweto, portray culture as seldom, if ever, motivating actions that are associated with HIV transmission or prevention in the community. Comparing and contrasting these differing conceptions, we comment critically on the use of ideas regarding culture in explanations addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
许多研究 HIV 传播的南非研究人员和卫生专业人员倾向于专注于特定的解释，即文化是影响高风险性行为（如多个性伴侣、无保护性行为和干式性行为）流行的主要因素。相比之下，索韦托南部前非正式定居点奥兰治农场的居民则表示，文化很少甚至从未激发过与社区 HIV 传播或预防相关的行为。通过对比和对比这些不同的概念，我们批判性地评论了在解释撒哈拉以南非洲的 HIV/AIDS 大流行时使用有关文化的观点。
