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The objectives were to determine risky sexual behavioural trends and health promotion needs among students, to develop an online HIV/STI prevention programme utilising the NMMU intranet portal. Descriptive data regarding demographics, sexual behaviour, internet usage and the relevance of various health promotion messages were included in an online questionnaire. Participants' attitude towards risk behaviour was also assessed using ten outcome questions rated on a five-point Likert scale. Of the 428 students participating in the survey during November 2011, 83 per cent reported being sexually active, 50 per cent reported using a condom during the last time of sexual intercourse, while 43 per cent reported more than two sexual partners during the past 12 months, reflecting high risk behaviour. The topic 'How to convince your partner to use a condom' was rated 'very important' by 72 per cent of the sample. Study outcomes are being incorporated into an online HIV/STI prevention programme developed in collaboration with NMMU students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies indicate that once persons living with AIDS (PLWAs) enter the healthcare system, they run the risk of receiving inadequate care because of being stigmatised by healthcare providers (Bos, Schaalma & Pryor, 2008:450). The purpose of the study was to determine how PLWAs experienced their treatment by professional nurses at primary health care (PHC) clinics in one metropolitan area in South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design. Purposive sampling was used to select ten participants who fitted the selection criteria from selected public primary healthcare (PHC) clinics in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. In-depth unstructured interviews were transcribed verbatim by an independent person. An independent coder assisted with the data analysis. PLWAs had fewer negative than positive experiences at the participating PHC clinics. Negative experiences included stigma-related encounters and distrust of the lay health counsellors. Positive experiences generally related to the PLWAs' satisfaction with the services received. Based on the findings of the study, guidelines were developed for professional nurses to render more user-friendly comprehensive ART services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]