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Gendered home-based care in South Africa: more trouble for the troubled
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Olagoke AkintolaThis study investigates the experiences of informal caregivers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of home-based care from 21... -
Understanding participation in a hospital-based HIV support group in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AS Heyer --- , Australia LH Mabuza --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, South Africa ID Couper --- Division of Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, South AfricaBackground: -
HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eshetu Gurmu --- Centre for Population Studies, Ethiopia Dula Etana --- Centre for Population Studies, EthiopiaHIV/AIDS stigma is one of the major public health challenges in Ethiopia. This study examined knowledge about HIV/AIDS and factors behind stigmatisation towards people living with the virus based on demographic and health survey data collected in 2011 from women... -
Constructions of social selves living with HIV/AIDS: A Jungian phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Olivia Khensai Nkuna --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Katlego Joy Hlokwe --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored sense of social well-being influences on self-identity and the stigma and discrimination among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Informants were 15 PLWHA from a rural background in a South African community (female = 87%, age range =... -
The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya: an investigation into the perceptions of Kenyans toward people living with HIV/AIDS and government programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Robert Nyaga --- , USAThe HIV/AIDS pandemic is compounded by the continued stigmatization of the virus/disease and of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Employing structuration theory, this study sought to examine the perceptions of Kenyans toward their government’s efforts to curtail HIV/AIDS as well... -
Recruitment managers’ emotional intelligence and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS: The mediating role of stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael A. Ofili --- , South Africa Erhabor S. Idemudia --- , South Africa Babatola D. Olawa --- , South AfricaThis study examined the mediating role of stigma on relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Participants included 1 112 recruitment managers (female = 49%, senior managers = 68%) drawn from both private... -
Met and unmet palliative care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jeannine Uwimana --- Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), P. Struthers --- University of the Western Cape,The rising number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) worldwide has made health care professionals and policy makers search for accessible health care that will meet the needs of people who are suffering from the disease and enhance their quality... -
Traditional healers as caregivers to HIV/AIDS clients and other terminally challenged persons in Kanye community home-based care programme (CHBC), Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: S. M. Kang'ethe --- Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), University of Botswana,The research study done at the Kanye village of Botswana was qualitative in design and exploratory in nature. While the broad goal aimed at assessing the contributions of caregivers in the Kanye CHBC programme, this article aims at evaluating the... -
Self-care among caregivers of people living with HIV and AIDS in Kakola location, Nyando District, Kisumu County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Leila Moraa Geteri [cor1] Evelyn Mandela Angogo [AN2]This study was carried out in Kakola Location of Nyando District in Kenya. The aim of study was to determine the factors influencing the practice of self-care among caregivers for person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) as well as their practice... -
HIV/AIDS treatment funding system to support the people affected by HIV/AIDS in Surakarta, Indonesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Argyo Demartoto --- Universitas Sebelas Maret, Bhisma Murti --- Universitas Sebelas Maret, Siti Zunariyah --- Universitas Sebelas Maret,People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA's) quality of life (QoL) is determined by the lifetime treatment sustainability. Republic of Indonesia Minister of Health's Decree Number 328 of 2003 stated that government subsidies the PLWHA's medication and treatment, despite not covering entire...
