dc.contributor.advisor | Puoane, Thandi | |
dc.contributor.author | Matoti-Mvalo, Tandiwe | |
dc.contributor.other | School of Public Health | |
dc.contributor.other | Faculty of Community and Health Sciences | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-11T12:14:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007/09/12 13:20 | |
dc.date.available | 2007/09/12 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-11T12:14:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2066 | |
dc.description | Magister Public Health - MPH | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been escalating in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been said to be the leading cause of death in South Africa. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | Body image | en_US |
dc.subject | Disturbance - South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Body | en_US |
dc.subject | Human - Social aspects | en_US |
dc.subject | Body image in women - South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV infections - South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | AIDS (Disease) - South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.description.country | South Africa | |