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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Verbal and physical abuse and neglect as manifestations of HIV/AIDS stigma in five African countries: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Empirical studies
Public Health Nursing, Volume 24, No. 5, Year 2007
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Description
Objective: To explore the experience of HIV/AIDS-related stigma for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) in Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania. Design and sample: Descriptive study using 43 focus groups (n=251 participants), which included male and female PLWA from both rural and urban areas and nurses working with PLWA. Methods: Participants were asked to relate incidents of HIV/AIDS-related stigma that they had experienced or observed. Focus group discussions were taped, and data were content analyzed to identify examples of abuse (verbal and physical abuse and neglect) related to HIV/AIDS stigma. Data analysis also explored targets of abuse, abusers, and consequences of abuse. Results: Participant reports documented extensive verbal and physical abuse and neglect or negating (disallowing of access to services and opportunities) experienced by PLWA and observed by nurses caring for them, and identified negative consequences experienced by PLWA whose HIV-positive status was disclosed to family, friends, or community members. Conclusions: Health care workers who encourage PLWA to disclose their HIV status must carefully consider the implications of encouraging disclosure in an environment with high levels of stigma, and must recognize the real possibility that PLWA may experience serious verbal and physical abuse as a consequence of disclosure. © 2007, Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dlamini, Priscilla S.
Swaziland, Mbabane
University of Eswatini
Kohi, Thecla W.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Uys, Leana Ria
South Africa, Durban
College of Health Sciences
Phetlhu, René Deliwe
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Chirwa, Maureen Leah
Malawi, Zomba
University of Malawi
Naidoo, Joanne Rachel
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Holzemer, William L.
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Greeff, Minrie
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Makoae, Lucy Nthabiseng
Lesotho, Roma
National University of Lesotho
Statistics
Citations: 116
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00649.x
ISSN:
07371209
e-ISSN:
15251446
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
South Africa
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Male
Female