Highlights from the National Conference on Women and HIV Infection

Pfeiffer, Naomi

doi:10.1089/apc.1991.5.67

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“…Researchers portrayed childbearing among HIV-positive women not only as a means of self-esteem and identity but also as a means of survival. Children were described as a link to life, a reason to continue living, and a source of emotional and psychological support (Andrews, Williams, & Neil, 1993;Hutchison & Kurth, 1991;Pearlberg, 1991;Pfeiffer, 1991;Rose, 1993).…”

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Double Binds and the Reproductive and Mothering Experiences of HIV-Positive Women

2000

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In spite of the increasing number of young women infected with HIV in the United States, little is known about the reproductive and mothering experiences of these women. The purpose of the grounded-theory research discussed in this article was to describe the reproductive and mothering experiences of HIV-positive women. Twenty HIV-positive women participated in 31 in-depth interviews. The grounded-theory method was used for data analysis. A communication pattern known in the psychiatric literature as a double bind was discovered to be a basic social psychological problem that affected the women's experiences with reproduction and mothering. An understanding of the power and influence of these double binds permits health care professionals to plan patient-centered programs and to individualize care specifically for HIV-positive women.

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Section: Women and Reproductionmentioning

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Double Binds and the Reproductive and Mothering Experiences of HIV-Positive Women

2000

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“…Andrews found that social support helped mitigate and buffer the stress. Other researchers described mothering among HIV-positive women not only as a source of self-esteem and identity but also as a means of survival (Andrews, Williams, & Neil, 1993;Hutchison & Kurth, 1991;Pearlberg, 1991;Pfeiffer, 1991;Rose, 1993). Children were described as a link to life, as a reason to continue living, and as a source of emotional and psychological support.…”

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Defensive Mothering in HIV-Positive Mothers

Ingram

Hutchinson

1999

Qual Health Res

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The grounded theory study discussed in this article provides an explanatory schema that illuminates the mothering experiences of women living with HIV infection. Eighteen HIV-positive mothers provided 24 in-depth interviews. The grounded theory method was used for data analysis. Defensive mothering was the basic social psychological process that these HIV-positive mothers used in response to their diagnosis and the inherent stigma. Their defensive posture afforded these mothers and their children some degree of psychological protection. Defensive mothering involved much mental work and included three subprocesses: preventing the spread of HIV, preparing the children for a motherless future, and protecting themselves through thought control.

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“…Treatment protocols for women with HIV have been based on studies and clinical trials where the subjects were male. This is due to under-recognition that HIV is also a female disease, and perceptions that female subjects complicate research (Cotton et al, 1993;Pfeiffer, 1991;White, 199 1). Women have been ignored or under-represented in HIVIAIDS research, especially clinical trials (Bennett, 1993;Hankins & Handley, 1992;Pizzi, 1992).…”

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Meeting the Needs of Women Living with HIV

Metcalfe

Langstaff

Evans

et al. 1998

Public Health Nursing

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HIV research, treatment, and support programs in North America have been based on the premise that HIV is a gay man's disease. HIV also affects women. The purposes of this study were to: (1) examine the feelings, concerns, and needs of HIV infected women in a mid-sized Canadian city; and (2) determine whether a community agency for HIV positive persons was adequately supporting women. With informed consent, HIV positive women attending the community agency or a regional medical care facility were interviewed using qualitative research methods to elicit their lived experience. Eight women were interviewed (20% of the women who are HIV positive in this center). Four areas of concern were identified: (1) the impact of diagnosis on women and their children; (2) need for supports specific to HIV positive women; (3) differences in needs and supports available to men and women; and (4) lack of comfort with, or knowledge about, currently available facilities. These results are consistent with previously reported research. HIV positive women who are neither drug-users nor promiscuous feel stigmatized and less supported than HIV positive males. Recommendations for practice included: formulation of self-help groups for women, a more female friendly atmosphere, presence of female staff and other HIV positive women to support these women, and improved inter-agency cooperation. Many recommendations have been implemented and exceeded. The community agency now includes a child's play area, the hiring of a female social worker, and the establishment of an off-site support group for HIV positive women.

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Highlights from the National Conference on Women and HIV Infection

Cited by 7 publications

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Double Binds and the Reproductive and Mothering Experiences of HIV-Positive Women

Double Binds and the Reproductive and Mothering Experiences of HIV-Positive Women

Defensive Mothering in HIV-Positive Mothers

Meeting the Needs of Women Living with HIV

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