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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Power brokering, empowering, and educating: The role of home-based care professionals in the reduction of HIV-related stigma in Kenya
Qualitative Health Research, Volume 17, No. 8, Year 2007
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Description
In this article the authors report on how home-based care (HBC) professionals reduce stigmatizing behavior in Kenya. This study was part of an action research project that evaluated the introduction of HBC. HBC professionals coordinate the delivery of HIV/AIDS services at a district level and educate community-based health workers in HBC. Understanding how HBC professionals reduce stigma is crucial to reduce, prevent, and treat HIV/AIDS. Fifty HBC professionals participated in 27 focus group interviews over 18 months. Stigma featured strongly when they discussed barriers to the introduction of HBC. Using sociological theory, the authors organized the data into five themes: Power broking and mobilization, Stigma as a social construction, Community and structural interventions, Educating and training people, and Historical context. The HBC professionals appear to operate at mostly individual and community levels in their efforts to challenge stigma, and in spite of the difficulties they appear to be having some impact. © 2007 Sage Publications.
Authors & Co-Authors
Waterman, Heather
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Griffiths, Jane
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Gellard, Len
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
O'Keefe, Catherine
Unknown Affiliation
Olang, Grace
Unknown Affiliation
Ayuyo, James
Unknown Affiliation
Obwanda, Elly
Kenya, Kisumu
Nyanza Provincial Medical Office
Ogwethe, Vitalis
Kenya, Kisumu
Nyanza Provincial Medical Office
Ondiege, Joshua
Kenya, Kisumu
Nyanza Provincial Medical Office
Statistics
Citations: 27
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/1049732307307524
ISSN:
10497323
e-ISSN:
15527557
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Kenya