dc.contributor.author | Roth, Eric Abella | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngugi, Elizabeth N | |
dc.contributor.author | Masako, Fujita | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-30T07:40:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-30T07:40:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Evolution and Human Behavior 27 (2006) 53 – 62 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomac.els-cdn.com/whalecom0/S1090513805000322/1-s2.0-S1090513805000322-main.pdf?_tid=3aa69ea0-b168-11e2-bc1f-00000aab0f01&acdnat=1367307379_6cc9bcb6f0d1d5b05c5f27a83eb53cf2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17906 | |
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 HIV 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.subject | HIV/AIDS | en |
dc.subject | Evolutionary theory | en |
dc.subject | Self-deception | en |
dc.subject | East Africa | 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 Anthropology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3050, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P5 | en |
local.publisher | Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Kenya | en |
local.publisher | Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195-3100, USA | en |