Re-imagining decision making: Addressing a discrete social driver of HIV/AIDS through the lens of complexity science

Christopher J. Burman, Linda Moerschell, Robert Mamabolo, Marota Aphane, Peter Delobelle

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This article argues that decision making is a discrete social driver that can be associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The authors argue that complexity science can inform future research and interventions by presenting two decision making frameworks arising out of complexity science that have the potential to enable young people to better negotiate decision-making contexts whilst simultaneously opening spaces of dialogue that can mitigate the impact of HIV-risk in specific, punctuated contexts. The methodological design was prompted by findings from youth-oriented community engagement projects that include Communication Conversations and Sex & Relationships Education. The proposed methods have the potential to exploit the phenomenon of leadership emergence as a product of decision making at critical moments. This has the potential to promote the growth of home-grown leadership skill sets that make sense to young people and to enable them better manage their own health, thus reducing risk and vulnerability to HIV infection and sexual violence.

Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)75-84
Aantal pagina's10
TijdschriftAfrican Journal of AIDS Research
Volume14
Nummer van het tijdschrift1
DOI's
StatusPublished - 2 jan 2015

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