[Adaptation of the Health Belief Model for the prevention of HIV infection].

The spreading of AIDS in the RSA occurs mainly through sexual transmittance, therefore people that divulge in high risk behaviour must be motivated to change their behaviour to such an extend that they won't expose themselves as well as other people to HIV infection. An AIDS tragedy in SA can only be averted by preventing HIV infection. That can only occur by changing HIV risk behaviour. As there is no antidote against AIDS, the changing of risk behaviour is the only preventative mechanism against the feared disease. The Health Belief Model is repetitively proved to have been a successful model to change behavioural patterns. The model is specifically adapted for this study.