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William is currently involved in a collaboration between Oxford University, the University of the
Western Cape, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the goal of which is to
measure the extent to which constructs of a multi-level, revised Information-Motivation-
Behavioral Skills model of HIV prevention can predict discrete and interactional associations
with HIV/AIDS-related behavior among school-attending adolescents in Khayelitsha. The
expanded model includes the original individual-level constructs of information, motivation, and
behavioral skills, as well as the extra-individual constructs of male-dominant sex roles and
poverty-related stressors, both of which have been shown to be associated with HIV risk
behaviors in South Africa. This will reveal the extent to which these young people are engaging
in risk and protective behaviors, and assist in determining the feasibility of transporting this
novel model to the unique context of South African township schools. Additionally, the study
will be stratified by sex and age in order to report the extent to which this model accounts for
behavioral variance among subgroups with potentially different intervention needs.
Thesis title: A Test of the Validity and Transportability of a Revised Information – Motivation –
Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model of HIV Prevention Incorporating Culturally-Relevant Extra-
Individual Factors to Predict and Understand Risky Sexual Behavior among Youth in a Large
South African Township.
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
DeJanes, W.A. (in press). Knowledge, substance use, and gender differences associated with
HIV infection risk among youth in a South African township. Medical Sociology Online.
Articles in Preparation:
DeJanes, W. & Montgomery, P. Adverse childhood circumstances as predictors of HIV risk
among Black/African youth in the Cape Town Area.