TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of social capital on HIV-related actions as mediated by personal and proxy efficacies in Namibia
AU - Smith, Rachel A.
AU - Rimal, Rajiv
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Our thanks to Erna Keulder, Research Facilitation Services (Windhoek, Namibia), and JHUCCP/Namibia. This study was funded with primary support from the United States Agency for International Development under the Health Communication Partnership project (GPH-A-02-00008-00) based at Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs. Most importantly, we are grateful to the leaders and citizens of Gobabis, for sharing their information with us.
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - Social capital is associated with the enactment of positive health behaviors and health outcomes because it provides people a means to cope with life's stresses. This study asked whether, and to what extent, efficacy beliefs (personal and proxy, A. Bandura, Ann Rev Psychol 52:1-26, 2001) serve as mediating mechanism in the relationship between social capital and HIV-prevention behaviors, and if it is differentially associated with HIV-prevention behaviors that are aligned on a continuum ranging from individual action (practicing monogamy) to collective action (use of HIV services). In an investigation with a sample from Gobabis, Namibia (N = 300), regression models revealed that bonding, bridging, and linking social capital differentially predicted personal and proxy efficacy. In addition, both social capital variables and types of efficacy differentially predicted HIV-related behaviors and intentions that varied in their social demand. Our findings did not support a mediation model for efficacy in between social capital and HIV-related behaviors and intentions.
AB - Social capital is associated with the enactment of positive health behaviors and health outcomes because it provides people a means to cope with life's stresses. This study asked whether, and to what extent, efficacy beliefs (personal and proxy, A. Bandura, Ann Rev Psychol 52:1-26, 2001) serve as mediating mechanism in the relationship between social capital and HIV-prevention behaviors, and if it is differentially associated with HIV-prevention behaviors that are aligned on a continuum ranging from individual action (practicing monogamy) to collective action (use of HIV services). In an investigation with a sample from Gobabis, Namibia (N = 300), regression models revealed that bonding, bridging, and linking social capital differentially predicted personal and proxy efficacy. In addition, both social capital variables and types of efficacy differentially predicted HIV-related behaviors and intentions that varied in their social demand. Our findings did not support a mediation model for efficacy in between social capital and HIV-related behaviors and intentions.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-008-9476-z
DO - 10.1007/s10461-008-9476-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 18941884
AN - SCOPUS:58149090395
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 13
SP - 133
EP - 144
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -
