Govender Indiran, Nel Kathryn, Banyini Nhlanhla
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University.
Curationis. 2018 Nov 14;41(1):e1-e9. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v41i1.1899.
Sport has the capability to unite a country. To achieve winning teams, athletes have to rely on each other and often have close physical contact. Disclosure of a positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status may be problematic for athletes in contact sports as they may suffer discrimination and stigmatisation which may impact their relationship behaviours. This may impact frontline nursing and medical staff dealing with on-field 'blood' injuries.
The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who participate in football and rugby are aware of the risk of HIV infection in contact sports and their perceptions and reported behaviour towards HIV-positive athletes.
A cross-sectional survey design with a qualitative element. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, while thematic content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data.Non-proportional quota sampling was used for male rugby (n = 23) and football (30) players registered at the University of Limpopo (Turfloop campus).
The results supported previous research in that there are gaps in HIV knowledge. For instance, not knowing that anal sex may cause HIV infection and believing that saliva can transmit HIV and that blood transfusions are unsafe.
Problematic findings were that a portion of the sample believed that having sex with a virgin could cure HIV and the majority of the sample believed that being 'bewitched' could cause HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
体育具有团结一个国家的能力。为了组建获胜的团队，运动员必须相互依赖，并且经常有密切的身体接触。对于从事接触性运动的运动员来说，披露人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）检测呈阳性的状况可能会有问题，因为他们可能会遭受歧视和污名化，这可能会影响他们的关系行为。这可能会影响处理场上“出血”损伤的一线护理和医务人员。
本研究的目的是确定参加足球和橄榄球运动的个人是否意识到接触性运动中感染HIV的风险，以及他们对HIV阳性运动员的看法和所报告的行为。
采用带有定性元素的横断面调查设计。定量数据使用描述性统计进行分析，而定性数据则采用主题内容分析进行分析。对林波波大学（Turfloop校区）注册的男性橄榄球运动员（n = 23）和足球运动员（30名）采用非比例配额抽样。
结果支持了先前的研究，即HIV知识存在差距。例如，不知道肛交可能导致HIV感染，认为唾液可以传播HIV，以及输血不安全。
有问题的发现是，一部分样本认为与处女发生性行为可以治愈HIV，并且大多数样本认为被“施咒”会导致HIV和获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）。
