2011
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.542123
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Experiences of families caring for an HIV-infected child in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an exploratory study

Abstract: In South Africa, 2

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“…It was however not clear whether this was just ignorance or denial. This study is in line with findings from other studies done in developing countries such as South Africa and Ethiopia as only about half knew much about their HIV including their status even when on anti-retroviral therapy which was quiet poor [13]. …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…It was however not clear whether this was just ignorance or denial. This study is in line with findings from other studies done in developing countries such as South Africa and Ethiopia as only about half knew much about their HIV including their status even when on anti-retroviral therapy which was quiet poor [13]. …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…In this case HIV stigma and discrimination intersected with socio-economic disadvantage which have been described in the South African literature [26,28], but none of the participants experienced similar treatment. This demonstrates how HIV stigma and discrimination operates at many levels – within the social group as well as at individual behaviours [5,16].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Most studies relied on small samples, with the largest two studies including 492 HIV-infected children and adolescents [48] and 390 caregivers [44]. Eighteen studies used a qualitative study design including interviews or focus groups [30,32,34,35,37,3943,47,49,51–56]. Six studies included only children and adolescents [17,31,48,50,53,57] and eight studies included only caregivers (parents or guardians) [25,37,38,42,45,51,55,58].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%