Literature Review: Why There Is A Rise In Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Literature Review

There are four articles of literature used to assist in identifying and uncovering why there is a rise in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Africa. This is to identify the problem with a male latex condom and why it has not been an effective means of prevention of the spread of STDs. The literature has been used in order to get an understanding of what a male condom is; what an STD is (such as HIV) and how they can be dangerous to our population in South Africa and humans as a whole; and how the sexual behaviours of people in South Africa are involved in the increasing rate of STDs in our country. The literature used will provide enough information and insight into the problem we face and can lead the experimentation

“’I think condoms are good but, aai, I hate those things’: condom use among adolescents and young people in a Southern African township”- MacPhail C and Campbell C (2001) is a good piece of literature to gain insight into the use of condoms by South Africans. MacPhail and Campbell (2001) state, “Data analysis highlighted six factors hindering condom use: lack of perceived risk, peer norms, condom availability, adult attitudes to condoms and sex, gendered power relations and the economic context of adolescent sexuality.” This highlights the fact that there is a lack of education about STDs and the dangers of STDs, also a lack of education about condoms and how they can prevent the spread of STDs. Condom availability is a huge issue since it is the government’s, along with the Department of Health’s, responsibility to ensure that the people of South Africa are given the necessary tools to protect themselves from STDs. During testing and interviews from the research done by Campbell and MacPhail (2001), they state, “89.9% (of test subjects) stating that HIV transmission could be prevented by the use of condoms.” This shows that in fact, people do understand the use of condoms and effect, but possibly not the negative effects of being diagnosed with a STD. “All participants knew about HIV either from

The literature has answered the main goals of this research where we now know how a male latex condom is regulated and how dangerous STDs are as an epidemic. We also now understand that due to a lack of education about the STDs and the danger caused by them, people of South Africa are not finding it necessary to use male condoms which is a huge issue facing our population. Since we know that the epidemiology of STDs have been neglected by the South African government, we know that it is important to test the male condoms that are supplied by the government to ensure that the people of South Africa are protected against STDs. These pieces of literature have provided enough grounds to proceed in the testing of male condoms available in South