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Problem Statement: As the literature continues to alert us to the increasing rates of sexual abuse among children in South Africa, the question arises as to how much is known about abuse of the most marginalized members of society, namely teenagers with intellectual disabilities. International literature suggests that individuals with intellectual disabilities are at increased […]
…Following qualitative research methodology, this article presents school-based sexual violence experiences of female learners with mild intellectual disability. A total of 16 learners aged 16 to 24 years participated in the study. The findings revealed that learners with intellectual disability are not immune to school-based sexual violence. Modes of behavior that occurred frequently included touching, […]
…Background: Most HIV prevention strategies assume beneficiaries can act on their prevention decisions. But some people are unable to do so. They are ‘choice-disabled’. Economic and educational interventions can reduce sexual violence, but there is less evidence that they can reduce HIV. There is little research on complex interventions in HIV prevention, yet all countries […]
…Literature argues that people with disabilities have heightened risk of exposure to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV due to lack of HIV knowledge, access to health services, and increased risk of sexual abuse and poverty. People with disabilities lack access to sexuality education. Teachers should be at the forefront to address this; however there is […]
…Literature shows that learners with disabilities lack access to sexuality education in Africa and are therefore at increased risk of sexual abuse and exploitation as well as exposure to HIV. Teachers in special schools struggle to provide sexuality education to learners with disabilities. However, the challenges and how they are shaped by the teachers’ knowledge, […]
…This paper reports on participants’ views regarding factors contributing to the vulnerability of teenagers with intellectual disability to sexual abuse. The study took place at two special schools located in a village of KwaZulu-Natal. Data were gathered using by individual interviews, which were conducted in a face-to-face manner with life orientation teachers (8), school nurses […]
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