They will Mock at you: Barriers and Incentives to Youth Acceptance of HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing in Kumasi, Ghana

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dc.contributor.advisorGrant, Miriam
dc.contributor.advisorTam, Chui-Ling
dc.contributor.authorAsenso, Opoku
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-05T20:42:19Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T08:01:39Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-05
dc.date.submitted2012en
dc.description.abstractAbstract This work looks at the determinants of youth acceptance or decline of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) offered in Kumasi, Ghana. All data are primary, and were gathered from the field through questionnaire surveys, semi-structured in-depth interviews and observation. The determinants identified had socio-cultural, structural, economic, and spatio-temporal dimensions. Some of the socio-cultural barriers identified are stigma, fear, ignorance, suspicion, gossiping, silence, belief and gender of youth. The attitudes of healthcare providers, inadequate hospital staff, minimal political commitment, and less influential media campaigns were some of the structural barriers revealed. Poverty was the main economic barrier identified, whilst the architectural design of hospital, hospital codes, and the physical layout of VCT centre, constitute the major spatial-temporal barriers to VCT. The socio-cultural incentives to VCT revealed were belief of negativity, adequate social capital and gender. The structural incentives identified included the availability of free testing and treatment, and positive provider attitude. Recommendations such as intensive campaigning and education, creation of social network pages, free, anonymous and rapid testing, political commitment, and legal protection of seropositive people against discrimination are made.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsenso, O. (2012). They will Mock at you: Barriers and Incentives to Youth Acceptance of HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing in Kumasi, Ghana (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28427en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28427
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/306
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectGender Studies
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject.classificationYouth and HIV VCTen_US
dc.subject.classificationVCT in Ghanaen_US
dc.subject.classificationyouth, VCT and Kumasien_US
dc.subject.classificationGender and VCTen_US
dc.subject.classificationspace and VCTen_US
dc.titleThey will Mock at you: Barriers and Incentives to Youth Acceptance of HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing in Kumasi, Ghana
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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