TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nom, Ambe-Uva T. 
PY  - 2005
TI  - Eclecticism Beyond Orthodoxies: African Social Science Research in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS 
JF  - Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/jssp.2005.178.183
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2005.178.183
AB  - 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.