Achieving peace and harmony in life: <scp>T</scp>hai <scp>B</scp>uddhists living with <scp>HIV</scp>/<scp>AIDS</scp>

Balthip, Quantar; Petchruschatachart, Usanee; Piriyakoontorn, Siriwan; Boddy, Julie

doi:10.1111/ijn.12039

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“…Understanding the disease and accepting truth in life is a unique and important attribute of spirituality and dignity of people living with HIV in the Thai context (Balthip 2010;Balthip et al 2013). Although the participants in this study are adolescents aged 15-19 years old, they understood and accepted the truth of having HIV and the truth about life and death.…”

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“…The concerning towards other and the society can be presented in three ways; prevention of spreading HIV to others, avoiding being a burden to others, and avoiding making significant others feel sad about loss. The responsibility to the society that they present will minimize the negative image and stigmatization of people living with HIV, reflected the sense of compassion to others (Balthip et al 2013). This responsibility is mainly represented in the dignity of moral stature that is tied to self-respect.…”

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Spirituality and Dignity of Thai Adolescents Living with HIV

2017

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(1) Background: Adolescents are a key asset and resource for the social and economic development of any country, with the potential to make a significant contribution to their families, communities and countries. Healthy and educated adolescents are important. However, there are still significant rates of death, illness and disease among adolescents in some countries, where HIV is one of the most prevalent causes of death in this group. Adolescents living with HIV may experience and encounter social restrictions and physiological limitations. Therefore, this investigation explored whether the concepts of spirituality and dignity had any relevance to participants sense of meaning and purpose and whether these had any impact upon their health and well-being (2) Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used involving twenty-two adolescents living with HIV attending one regional hospital in Southern Thailand. One to one interviews and descriptive diaries were used to collect the data and thematic analysis enabled the identification of attributes of spirituality and dignity. The findings provide helpful insights for parents, nurses, and other health professionals supporting adolescents living with HIV to obtain a holistic, dignified approach to care that includes attention to the spiritual dimension.

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Spirituality and Dignity of Thai Adolescents Living with HIV

2017

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“…Several themes emerge in this literature: religion as a source of support [29], spirituality as a barrier to/facilitator of treatment [30, 31], personal faith as a coping strategy [28, 30], and spirituality in palliative AIDS care [27]. Although these themes are similar to those found in the West, it is encouraging to see such research in various geographic settings.…”

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Spirituality and Religion among HIV-Infected Individuals

Szaflarski

2013

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep

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Spirituality and religion are important to many people living with HIV (PLWH). Recent research has focused on special populations (ethnic-minorities, women, and youth), spirituality/religion measurement, mediating/moderating mechanisms, and individual and community-level interventions. Spirituality/religion in PLWH has been refined as a multidimensional phenomenon which improves health/quality of life directly and through mediating factors (healthy behaviors, optimism, social support). Spirituality/religion helps people to cope with stressors, especially stigma/discrimination. Spiritual interventions utilizing the power of prayer and meditation and addressing spiritual struggle are under way. Faith-based community interventions have focused on stigma and could improve individual outcomes through access to spiritual/social support and care/treatment for PLWA. Community engagement is necessary to design/implement effective and sustainable programs. Future efforts should focus on vulnerable populations; utilize state-of the art methods (randomized clinical trials, community-based participatory research); and, address population-specific interventions at individual and community levels. Clinical and policy implications across geographic settings also need attention.

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“…Most of the participants described that the sources of spiritual support resulted from believing in God .3,7-8,26,28-31 On the other hand, PLWHA in Thailand indicated that the source of spirituality came from religious practice, family support and adherence to the Lord Buddha's teachings. [9][10][11]27 The above factors provided the PLWHA with the power to manage stressful life events and illness. The participants described the positive roles of spirituality in life.…”

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“…The Roles of Spirituality in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis Seeger, 2007 26 Foster et al, 201 13 Tawaisab, 2011 27 Mbetbo, 201 37 Caixeta et al, 2012 28 Dalmida et al, 2012 29 Balthip et al 8,28 ; peaceful 7,9,27 ; happiness 27 -inner strength 8,27,29, ; self-control8; empowerment 3,8 ; keep going 28,29 ; relieve the fear of death 8 ; self-consciousness 27 -understanding and accepting illness [8][9]11,30 ; reduce self-blame, self-acceptance, self-forgiveness 8,26,28 ; self-esteem 26 -self-healthcare 8,11,30 -sympathy, empathy, compassion 3,27 ; responses for others 11 -purposes of life 11 -maintaining hope 11 , making choice, second chance 11,28 -social support, sense of belonging [7][8]26 ; connect with god or higher power 7,8,[28][29][30][31] -feeling guilty 7…”

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The Roles of Spirituality in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis

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The Roles of Spirituality in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis T he spread of HIV/AIDS continues to be a major problem for public health around the world. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) steadily climbed from 35.6 to 36.9 million between 2015 and 2017, with 940,000 people dying from HIV/AIDS during the aforementioned period. 1 Similarly, the number of PLWHA in Thailand increased from 445,000 to 450,000 with approximately 15,000 people dying from HIV/ AIDS during the abovementioned period. 2 Due to the increasing numbers of people receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-related deaths have dropped by 38%, 1 and AIDS has changed into a chronic disease drawing new challenges for health care providers. 3 PLWHA are faced with stressful life events related to the illness including physical health problems resulting from declining immune status, psychological distress related to stress, anxiety and depression, social isolation due to social stigma, fear and uncertainty about death, loss of self-control, self-blame, internalized conflict, and hopelessness. 3-9 The aforementioned problems might lead PLWHA to become spiritually distressed and commit suicide. 4,6,9 Spirituality is a broad concept consisting of several key features and it is the source of human beings that can help people to accept themselves and their illness, find meaning and purpose in life, create inner strength, maintain hope, improve the sense of selftrancendence, create relationships and connect with other people as well as a higher power, divine or God. 3,8,9-11 Moreover, spirituality can play a vital role in supporting PLWHA. According to the studies of Ironson et al (2006), 12 Ironson et al (2016), 13 and Black and Slavice (2016) 14 it was found that spirituality/religiousness significantly correlated with better CD4 cell count and controlling of viral load. Consequently, spirituality has a significant effect on controlling disease symptoms and slowing the progression of disease, 5,15 while ensuring life-satisfaction, quality of life, well-being, 5,16 and long-term survival. 13 According to the literature review, limited research studies have been conducted in Thailand about the role of spirituality among PLWHA. Most research studies were quantitative research studies and focused on the

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Achieving peace and harmony in life: Thai Buddhists living with HIV/AIDS

Cited by 13 publications

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Spirituality and Dignity of Thai Adolescents Living with HIV

Spirituality and Dignity of Thai Adolescents Living with HIV

Spirituality and Religion among HIV-Infected Individuals

The Roles of Spirituality in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis

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