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The study sought to examine social factors that contribute to the transmission of HIV in Madidi Village, as little is known about this population.\n\nMethods:\u00a0The study employed a qualitative design and non-probability sampling. Face-to-face, semi-structured, in-depth interviews using a schedule guide were used to obtain data. To capture all of the interviews, a tape recorder was utilised with the permission of the 12 participants with ages ranging from 18 to 49 years.\n\nResults:\u00a0The study revealed that the majority of participants were aware of HIV transmission and understood that it cannot be cured. However, misconceptions about HIV transmission still exist; for example, one of the participants stated that HIV can be transmitted through Colgate, which has not been scientifically proven to be a transmitter of HIV.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0This study shows that people need to be educated more about HIV\/AIDS and that the Department of Health officials should play a role in supporting rural areas like Madidi Village to curb the spread of HIV.\n\nContribution:\u00a0As women and young girls are the most vulnerable members of the society, they must be enabled to take control of their lives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/safp.v67i1.6041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,3]],"date-time":"2025-04-03T09:18:38Z","timestamp":1743671918000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Examining the social determinants of HIV\/AIDS in Madidi village in Bojanala District, North West province"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"67","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6790-7892","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lebogang E.","family":"Lekgema","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/048cwvf49","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3276-2803","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Phillip","family":"Nhlanhla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/048cwvf49","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"Low M. 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