@article {10.3844/jssp.2005.178.183,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Eclecticism Beyond Orthodoxies: African Social Science Research in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS },
author = {Nom, Ambe-Uva T.},
volume = {1},
year = {2005},
month = {Sep},
pages = {178-183},
doi = {10.3844/jssp.2005.178.183},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2005.178.183},
abstract = {This study examines the importance of social science research on HIV/AIDS in Africa. There is a dearth of social science research on HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa as available literature focus essentially on biomedical and epidemiological aspect of HIV/AIDS research and behavioral changes. In Africa however, efforts at preventing and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic will have to consider the social dimension of the epidemic. This study argues for a distinct social science research on HIV/AIDS which will, first, enhance ownership of Africans in participation in HIV/AIDS research; second, developed within a specific African orientation in mind and third, relevant/ essential to Africa. Such research must equally be multi/interdisciplinary involving stakeholders and responsive to the methodological challenges posed by HIV/AIDS research. },
journal = {Journal of Social Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}