A high burden of adverse life events and poor coping mechanisms experienced by urban-dwelling black South Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In view of the current context of poverty and socio-economic inequalities and the high and rising burdens of HIV infection and non-communicable diseases in South Africa, this study aims to describe the distribution of adverse life events (ALEs) by age and gender, and examine the socio-demographic characteristics, psychosocial coping mechanisms, risky lifestyle behaviours and family burden of HIV-related ill-health associated with ALEs in 25-74-year-old black residents of Cape Town.

Materials and methods

In a random cross-sectional sample, 12 ALEs, tobacco and alcohol use, sense of coherence (SOC), locus of control (LOC) and impact of HIV in the family were determined by administered questionnaires. Data analyses included descriptive statistics adjusted for the realised s

SUBMITTER: Peer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482925 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature