van Wyk N C, Basson P M
Curationis. 1994 Aug;17(3):44-50.
The spreading of AIDS in the RSA occurs mainly through sexual transmittance, therefore people that divulge in high risk behaviour must be motivated to change their behaviour to such an extend that they won't expose themselves as well as other people to HIV infection. An AIDS tragedy in SA can only be averted by preventing HIV infection. That can only occur by changing HIV risk behaviour. As there is no antidote against AIDS, the changing of risk behaviour is the only preventative mechanism against the feared disease. The Health Belief Model is repetitively proved to have been a successful model to change behavioural patterns. The model is specifically adapted for this study.
艾滋病在南非的传播主要通过性传播，因此，必须促使那些有高风险行为的人改变其行为，以达到不会让自己和他人面临感染艾滋病毒风险的程度。只有通过预防艾滋病毒感染，才能避免南非发生艾滋病悲剧。而这只能通过改变有感染艾滋病毒风险的行为来实现。由于没有治疗艾滋病的解药，改变风险行为是预防这种可怕疾病的唯一机制。健康信念模型已多次被证明是改变行为模式的成功模型。本研究对该模型进行了专门调整。
