Household and community responses to HIV and AIDS in developing countries

Warwick, Ian; Bharat, Shalini; Castro, Roberto De; García, Rafael Antón Tejada; Leshabari, Melkizedeck; Singhanetra‐Renard, Anchalee; Aggleton, Peter

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“…Women are often erroneously perceived as the main transmitters of HIV/AIDS, while men are 'excused' for high-risk sexual behaviour. Having multiple sexual partners is culturally more acceptable for males than for females (Warwick et al, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS

Visser

Makin

Lehobye

2006

J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol.

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This research involved an exploratory study in which a questionnaire was used to investigate the personal stigma and perceived community stigma regarding HIV/AIDS in a South African community. Student fieldworkers interviewed a convenient sample of 901 respondents from different races, gender and age groups, and found that respondents tended towards stigmatizing persons with HIV/ AIDS. Yet, this degree of stigmatization was significantly less severe than the degree of stigmatization that respondents attributed to the community at large. Altogether 17% of the respondents had high stigmatizing attitudes, while 42% perceived the stigmatization by others in the community to be high. Race group, personal knowledge of someone with HIV, area of residence, gender and age group impacted on the respondents' personal tendency to stigmatize those with HIV/AIDS. The article discusses the difference between the level of personal stigma attached by the respondents and that perceived by them to be attached by the community. Attention is also paid to the possible implications of stigmatizing behaviour patterns and interventions on a community level.

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Section: Openup (May 2007)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…disadvantaged and often lack equal access to societal institutions (Abdool Karim, 1998;De Bruyn, 1992;Strebel, 1993;Warwick et al, 1998). Women are often erroneously perceived as the main transmitters of HIV/AIDS, while men are 'excused' for high-risk sexual behaviour.…”

Section: Openup (May 2007)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS

Visser

Makin

Lehobye

2006

J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol.

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“…What are the determinants of the discrimination, stigmatization and ostracism which not infrequently accompany the epidemic? These are critically important questions, but ones to which there are, as yet, few answers (Warwick et al, 1998;Malcolm et al, 1998).…”

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Social enquiry and HIV/AIDS

Haour‐Knipe¹,

Aggleton²

1998

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Nearly a decade and a haljinto the A I D S epidemic, there are reasons for cautious optimism, both in relation to prevention and care, and with respect to the capacity of social enquiy to make a meaningful contribution to the development of programmes and inlcrventions. This paper offers a critical review of some of the ways in which social enquiry has contributed to a better understanding of the epidemic and its dynamics, and has informed prevention eflorts. Social science research is reviewed at three levels: the individual, the dyad and the communiqv. The focus is on studies conducted in Europe and North America conceniing the sexual transmission of HIK Lacunae and priorities for future research are identified at each level. The review concludes with reflections on the relationship between social enquiy on HIV/AIDS and that in other health fields, and on personal involvement and alliances in HI V-related social enqui y.

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“…According to Peacock and Levack (2004), while there has been widespread acknowledgment of the burden placed on women in the HIV=AIDS epidemic, there have been few interventions that ''explicitly encourage'' men to become more involved in care and support activities (p. 184). Men need to be made to feel more responsible (Warwick et al, 1998).…”

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Caring for a Loved One with AIDS: A South African Perspective

Demmer¹

2006

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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The aim of the current study was to give a voice to individuals in South Africa who care for loved ones dying of AIDS. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 family caregivers in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Because of the stigma attached to AIDS, both caregivers and the person with AIDS were forced to remain silent, and an unspoken agreement existed whereby neither AIDS nor the impending death were typically acknowledged by the caregiver or the sick person. Because of the context in which they lived, the caregiver and the dying person were denied the opportunity to say goodbye, and anticipatory grief was relatively rare on the part of the caregiver because the sick person usually only sought help from family members shortly before dying. Caregivers were also unable to obtain much support from either the community or professionals. In general, caregivers were satisfied that they had done the best they could under very difficult circumstances. Some broad guidelines are suggested for addressing the concerns of caregivers in the South African context.

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Household and community responses to HIV and AIDS in developing countries

Cited by 34 publications

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Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS

Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS

Social enquiry and HIV/AIDS

Caring for a Loved One with AIDS: A South African Perspective

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