dc.contributor.author | Rotha, E A | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngugi, Elizabeth N | |
dc.contributor.author | Fujita, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-28T08:41:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Evolution and Human Behavior xxx (2005) xxx=xxx | en |
dc.identifier.uri | www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513805000322 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12240 | |
dc.description.abstract | Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, there is resistance to changing sexual behavior despite survey data indicating high levels of knowledge about HIV transmission patterns and high-risk behavior. Previous explanations for this paradox emphasize indigenous cultural models. An alternative explanation is that, due to a strong natural selection for sexual gratification, individuals evoke the evolved trait of selfdeception to continue practicing high-risk sexual behavior. This alternative is tested using survey data from an Ariaal community in Marsabit District, northern Kenya. Results indicate that respondents make highly accurate self-assessments of HI V risk, negating the concept of self-deception in this study, These results are discussed within the larger context of the applicability of evolutionary theory to the AIDS pandemic. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Self-deception does not explain high-risk sexual behavior in the face of HIV/AIDS: A test from northern Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Community HeaLth, College of HeaLth Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya | en |