TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-imagining decision making
T2 - Addressing a discrete social driver of HIV/AIDS through the lens of complexity science
AU - Burman, Christopher J.
AU - Moerschell, Linda
AU - Mamabolo, Robert
AU - Aphane, Marota
AU - Delobelle, Peter
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - communication theory
KW - feedback
KW - leadership emergence
KW - punctuated equilibrium theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929149280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2989/16085906.2015.1016983
DO - 10.2989/16085906.2015.1016983
M3 - Article
C2 - 25920986
AN - SCOPUS:84929149280
VL - 14
SP - 75
EP - 84
JO - African Journal of AIDS Research
JF - African Journal of AIDS Research
SN - 1608-5906
IS - 1
ER -