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South Africa HIV/AIDS Behavioral Risks, Sero-Status, and Mass Media Impact Survey 2002

General Info

Original or alternative title 
SABSSM 2002
Provider 
Human Sciences Research Council
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
May, 2002 - September, 2002
Series or system 
South Africa National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behavior and Communication Survey (SABSSM)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview
Summary 

The 2002 South Africa HIV/AIDS Behavioral Risks, Sero-Status, and Mass Media Impact Survey (SABSSM) is the first in a series of national population-based surveys conducted for surveillance of the HIV epidemic in South Africa. The series was designed to investigate the overall HIV prevalence and incidence as well as HIV-related behaviour and health. It enables the measurement of trends and changes in the epidemic over time, and presentation of essential data for national indicator reporting.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anogenital herpes, BCG vaccines, Breathing difficulty, Bullying, Childhood sexual violence, Circumcision, Cocaine use disorders, Community action, Community health clinics, Condoms, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Domestic migration, Drug use disorders, Education, Education access, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Female circumcision, Fertility, Fever, HIV and AIDS, HPV, Headache, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Height, Hospitals, Illicit drug use, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Languages, Manufacturing, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Mining, Needle sharing, Nonprofits, Occupations, Opioid use disorders, Pain, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Polio vaccines, Poverty, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual violence, Teachers, Traditional healers, Transportation, Tuberculosis, VCT, Vaccination cards, Weight, Weight change

Citation

Primary investigator 
Olive Shisana
Contributors 
Human Sciences Research Council
Geospace International (South Africa)
Center for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) (South Africa)
National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) (France)
University of Natal
Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA)
Wits Health Consortium
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) (South Africa)
Family Health International
South African Medical Research Council
Department of Social Development (South Africa)
Funders 
Human Sciences Research Council
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Publisher 
Human Sciences Research Council
Publication year 
2011
Suggested citation 
Center for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) (South Africa), Department of Social Development (South Africa), Family Health International, Geospace International (South Africa), Human Sciences Research Council, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA), National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) (France), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) (South Africa), South African Medical Research Council, University of Natal, Wits Health Consortium. South Africa HIV/AIDS Behavioral Risks, Sero-Status, and Mass Media Impact Survey 2002. Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2011.

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