Health Communication and Disease in Africa: Beliefs, Traditions and Stigma
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xv, 401 pp.
Contains 10 illustrations
ISBN 978-981-16-2546-6 (ebook); 978-981-16-2548-0 (pbk)
I. INTRODUCTION
1 Global Inequalities in Health and Africa / Bankole Falade, Mercy Murire, 3
II. CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES
2 Health Beliefs and Communication: Conceptual Approaches / Bankole Falade, 21
3 Understanding Community Development Approaches in Health / Mercy Murire, 47
III. STIGMA AND HEALTH
4 Alzheimer's Disease-Molecular Defect, Public Perceptions and Stigma in South Africa / Tando Maduna, Ben Loos, 63
5 Towards a Better Understanding of HIV Prevention Stigma, Religion and Health in Zimbabwe / Definate Nhamo, Mercy Murire, 101
6 Sinikithemba Gospel Group and the Grassroots Struggle Against HIV/AIDS Stigma in South Africa / Thembela Vokwana, 121
IV. RISK PERCEPTION AND HEALTH
7 "Fat People Are More Respected": Socio-Cultural Construction of Obesity and Overweight Risk & Prevention in Ugandan Communities / Stella Neema, Gerald Mutungi, Sheila Mwebaze, Silver Bahendeka, 159
8 "… I Had to Do This to Survive": HIV Risk Environment of Female Street Sex Work in Nigeria / Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson, 181
V. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS
9 The Sociolinguistic Functions of English and Chichewa in Gynaecological Consultations in a Chichewa Speaking Hospital Setting in Malawi / Marion Chirwa Kajombo, 207
10 Evil Spirits and Martyrdom as Perceptions of Pre-eclampsia Among Traditional Birth Attendants in Kano, North-West Nigeria / Ruqayyah Yusuf Aliyu, 231
VI. MENTAL HEALTH
11 Culture and Mental Healthcare Access in the Moroccan Context / Sophia El Ouazzani, Inmaculada Zanga-Martin, Rochelle Burgess, 249
12 Social Media Effects on Mental Behaviour: A Study of "Selfitis" Among Undergraduates of a Nigerian University / Ngene Andrew Hyacinth, 271
VII. COMMUNITIES, WESTERN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNICATION
13 Collective Change Through Mass Media: Engaging Adolescent Girls Through Interactive Radio to Promote AIDS-Free Communities in Kenya / Deborah Sambu, Claudia Abreu Lopes, Victor Apollo, 289
14 Combating Malaria in Nigeria's Rural Communities Through Indigenous Communication Strategies / Ntiense J. Usua, 315
15 The value of the Fusion of Indigenous and Contemporary Knowledge in Developing Communication as Interventions to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in South Africa / Konosoang Sobane, Isaac Riba, Wilfred Lunga, 333
VIII. RELIGION AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION
16 COVID-19, Religious Institutions and the Accommodation of Science / Bankole Falade, 349
IX. CONCLUSION
17 Is Science Enough? Health Communication and Health Enabling Environments / Bankole Falade, Mercy Murire, 369
1 Global Inequalities in Health and Africa / Bankole Falade, Mercy Murire, 3
II. CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES
2 Health Beliefs and Communication: Conceptual Approaches / Bankole Falade, 21
3 Understanding Community Development Approaches in Health / Mercy Murire, 47
III. STIGMA AND HEALTH
4 Alzheimer's Disease-Molecular Defect, Public Perceptions and Stigma in South Africa / Tando Maduna, Ben Loos, 63
5 Towards a Better Understanding of HIV Prevention Stigma, Religion and Health in Zimbabwe / Definate Nhamo, Mercy Murire, 101
6 Sinikithemba Gospel Group and the Grassroots Struggle Against HIV/AIDS Stigma in South Africa / Thembela Vokwana, 121
IV. RISK PERCEPTION AND HEALTH
7 "Fat People Are More Respected": Socio-Cultural Construction of Obesity and Overweight Risk & Prevention in Ugandan Communities / Stella Neema, Gerald Mutungi, Sheila Mwebaze, Silver Bahendeka, 159
8 "… I Had to Do This to Survive": HIV Risk Environment of Female Street Sex Work in Nigeria / Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson, 181
V. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS
9 The Sociolinguistic Functions of English and Chichewa in Gynaecological Consultations in a Chichewa Speaking Hospital Setting in Malawi / Marion Chirwa Kajombo, 207
10 Evil Spirits and Martyrdom as Perceptions of Pre-eclampsia Among Traditional Birth Attendants in Kano, North-West Nigeria / Ruqayyah Yusuf Aliyu, 231
VI. MENTAL HEALTH
11 Culture and Mental Healthcare Access in the Moroccan Context / Sophia El Ouazzani, Inmaculada Zanga-Martin, Rochelle Burgess, 249
12 Social Media Effects on Mental Behaviour: A Study of "Selfitis" Among Undergraduates of a Nigerian University / Ngene Andrew Hyacinth, 271
VII. COMMUNITIES, WESTERN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNICATION
13 Collective Change Through Mass Media: Engaging Adolescent Girls Through Interactive Radio to Promote AIDS-Free Communities in Kenya / Deborah Sambu, Claudia Abreu Lopes, Victor Apollo, 289
14 Combating Malaria in Nigeria's Rural Communities Through Indigenous Communication Strategies / Ntiense J. Usua, 315
15 The value of the Fusion of Indigenous and Contemporary Knowledge in Developing Communication as Interventions to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in South Africa / Konosoang Sobane, Isaac Riba, Wilfred Lunga, 333
VIII. RELIGION AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION
16 COVID-19, Religious Institutions and the Accommodation of Science / Bankole Falade, 349
IX. CONCLUSION
17 Is Science Enough? Health Communication and Health Enabling Environments / Bankole Falade, Mercy Murire, 369
