Download or read book Understanding the Lived Experience of African American Women Living with HIV AIDS written by Lydia Octavia Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Phenomenological Study of HIV AIDS and Health Promotion Among African American Women written by Shakila Flentroy and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American women continue to be at the forefront of the discussion of health disparities, especially as related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Nationally, African American women account for 64% of new HIV diagnoses among women, and AIDS is one of the top ten leading causes of death for African American women aged 15-64 years. Notwithstanding HIV/AIDS, African Americans continue to experience disparities related to physical health and mental health outcomes, as compared to the larger U.S. population. Although there has been a wealth of research examining HIV/AIDS prevention programs targeting African American women, the ways in which participants understand and create meaning from these interventions are lacking in the literature. Several qualitatively oriented papers have discussed themes derived from the lived experience of persons living with HIV/AIDS, however, the collective patterns of shared meanings and experiences (personal and cultural) that create a sense of purpose, and understanding to an individual's life as it pertains to HIV prevention have not been explored. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how the participants of the Healer Women Fighting Disease Project in Austin, Texas understand themselves in relation to the intervention. The Healer Women Fighting disease intervention is an African-centered HIV prevention program that includes a general health component to address preventive health alongside HIV/AIDS prevention. One component of the intervention focused on sacred stones (i.e., Healing Stone) as a traditional African healing tool used for African American women's health and mental health. Using Afrocentric theory as the basic framework for this program, the African Centered Behavioral Change Model was based on the principle of re-instilling traditional cultural values into African-descent people based on the premise that African Americans, for the most part, survived historically based on Afrocentric worldviews and African values and traditions. The data for the study were secondary data of journals written by women over an eight-week period who participated in the Healer Women program, a systematic random sample of the 60 journals (from the original study) was used to select 20 journals for analysis for this study. Phenomenological analysis was used to elicit themes, ultimately leading to five major themes, three of which had subthemes. The themes that emerged during the coding and analysis process included: turning to a higher power (subthemes: leaning on faith and practicing faith); self-care (subthemes: thinking, identifying and practicing); sense of true self (subthemes: becoming, I can imagine, and I am), healing from previous pain, and sense of purpose and meaning. Findings suggest that the sacred stones held strong resonance for the women and strongly impacted their commitment to better health and mental health. Further, creating meaning within the context of the women's African heritage was the key to achieving behavioral change, and empowering the women to make healthier life choices. In addition, the findings suggest that incorporating African cultural values in the lives of African American women promotes, physical and mental well-being, spirituality, healing, a sense of authentic self, and purpose and meaning. Therefore, as health disparities continue to rise in this population, Afrocentric and effective prevention programming is desperately needed. This research highlights that social work and public health prevention programs aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS and promoting wellness for African American women should include African cultural values and principles as the core of the intervention in order to yield positive outcomes among this population.
Download or read book HIV in the Ghetto written by Kenneth Nole and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project addresses the need for shalom communities for African American women infected with HIV and who also live in the inner-city or ghettos of Chicago. I advocate for these shalom spaces because they are a vital element in helping African American women with HIV heal physically, mentally, and spiritually. The current study comprised one-on-one interviews with three groups of people: 1. African American women who have HIV, 2. individuals who share the Black experience in the ghetto, and 3. individuals who work in the religious, healthcare, and nutrition sectors in Chicago. The investigation is centered on the lived experiences of African American women with HIV who live in the inner-city and identifying the level of need for shalom communities to support their holistic development. Data were analyzed qualitatively and summarized into themes. The results show that the lived experience of African American women with HIV in Chicago's inner city is one that consist of many themes surrounding poverty, healthcare, and more. Data confirms the biblical and theological correlations to the Black experience and that the voice of women in the ghetto has few outlets. They also support the theory that African American women with HIV in Chicago's ghettos need shalom communities that give purpose, clarity, insight, and life to their experiences.
Download or read book The Health seeking Experiences of Mexican American Women with HIV AIDS written by Barbara Aranda-Naranjo and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Holding On written by Alyson O'Daniel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Holding On anthropologist Alyson O’Daniel analyzes the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans as well as the services designated to help them by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. At a time when social support resources were in decline and publicly funded HIV/AIDS care programs were being re-prioritized, women’s daily struggles with chronic poverty, drug addiction, mental health, and neighborhood violence influenced women’s lives in sometimes unexpected ways. An ethnographic portrait of HIV-positive black women and their interaction with the U.S. healthcare system, Holding On reveals how gradients of poverty and social difference shape women’s health care outcomes and, by extension, women’s experience of health policy reform. Set among the realities of poverty, addiction, incarceration, and mental illness, the case studies in Holding On illustrate how subtle details of daily life affect health and how overlooking them when formulating public health policy has fostered social inequality anew and undermined health in a variety of ways.
Download or read book The Lived Experience of Becoming and Being HIV Positive for African American Women and Children written by Rosalyn L. Cousar and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Institutional Review Board Member Handbook written by Robert J. Amdur and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Resource for All IRB Members! Designed to give Institutional Review Board (IRB) members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient, the chapters of the Institutional Review Board Member Handbook are short and to the point. Topic-specific chapters list the criteria IRB members should use to determine how to vote on specific kinds of studies and offer practical advice on what IRB members should do before and during full-committee meetings. NEW CHAPTERS in this Edition Include: * Definition of Human Subject Research, Exempt & Expedited Review Categories * IRB Member Conflict of Interest All chapters are completely updated for 2010 practice! This handbook is an excellent accompaniment to Institutional Review Board: Management and Function, Second Edition and the Study Guide that IRB members can access and refer to quickly and easily.
Download or read book Remaking a Life written by Celeste Watkins-Hayes and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens to understand how women generate radical improvements in their social well being in the face of social stigma and economic disadvantage. Drawing on interviews with nationally recognized AIDS activists as well as over one hundred Chicago-based women living with HIV/AIDS, Celeste Watkins-Hayes takes readers on an uplifting journey through women’s transformative projects, a multidimensional process in which women shift their approach to their physical, social, economic, and political survival, thereby changing their viewpoint of “dying from” AIDS to “living with” it. With an eye towards improving the lives of women, Remaking a Life provides techniques to encourage private, nonprofit, and government agencies to successfully collaborate, and shares policy ideas with the hope of alleviating the injuries of inequality faced by those living with HIV/AIDS everyday.
Download or read book Living with HIV Disease written by Judith C. James-Borga and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black/African American women are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of a group of lower socioeconomic, older Black/African American women, who were living with HIV disease. A purposive sample of ten participants was obtained and data was collected through unstructured interviews. Using the phenomenological stance of Merleau Ponty, and guided by van Manen's methodological processes, seven essential themes emerged: transcending adversity and becoming; using knowledge as empowerment; dealing with HIV stigma; concealing and revealing; tending to their emotional life; and caring for others while they themselves were being cared for. The meaning of living with HIV disease is a dynamic interrelated patterning process of these essential themes. The findings support Pamela Reed's theory of Self-Transcendence. Implications for nursing include: the urgent need for a paradigm shift that acknowledge the strengths of older Black/African American women; the need for the integration of sexual assessment and education on risk reduction and medication adherence into routine healthcare encounters; and for further research to expand the data base on strategies that older Black/African American women use to overcome diversity and live with HIV disease. Key Words: HIV; older Black/African American women; self-transcendence.
Download or read book She s Positive Extraordinary Lives Blhb written by Thurka Sangaramoorthy and published by Aevo Utp. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's Positive uncovers the hidden truth about the HIV epidemic in America by sharing the inspiring stories of Black women whose voices have previously been erased.
Download or read book The Lived Experience of African Americans Aged 18 and Over with HIV And or AIDS Living in North and South Central Florida written by Kasinal Cashe White and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African American Women and HIV AIDS written by Dorie J. Gilbert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-03-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIDS is the second-leading cause of death among African American women between the ages of 18 and 44. African American women constitute 63% of all cases of AIDS among women in the United States. This volume brings together the collective wisdom of scholars, researchers, and social work professionals dealing with these concerns. Focusing attention on the primary population of women impacted by AIDS, this book presents culturally sensitive responses that meet the specific needs of African American women. An historical and current overview of the alarming HIV infection rate among African Americans, in particular women, introduces the crisis. Subsequent chapters highlight HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention strategies that are successfully impacting the African American population. Guided by a feminist perspective and grounded in social construction theory, social work theory, and social work practice, this volume privileges the voice of African American women, the group that is the most disenfranchised—and least accurately represented—in AIDS-related research and writing. This essential guide sheds light on a calamity too often overlooked, making it especially valuable for scholars, students, researchers, and practitioners involved with HIV/AIDS issues in the African American community, and with women's and black studies.
Download or read book Socialization Sexuality Susceptibility Separation written by Ama R. Saran and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American women represent the majority of new HIV infections and AIDS among women, making them an essential source of improved understanding for prevention more than simply another risk group. They now account for 65% of the AIDS diagnoses among women 13 years and older with a diagnosis rate of 35.1/100,000 (CDC, 2011). Three decades of the epidemic, significantly improved therapies producing greater longevity among the infected, medicalized sexuality and an increase in divorce and dating among Baby Boomers drive the CDC prediction that 50% of people with HIV/AIDS will be over 50 by 2015 (2010). Thus, this qualitative study's purpose was to better understand how older black women managed their sexual relationships and constructed sexual safety as residents of an urban disease epicenter. Social Phenomenology and Participatory Action Research (PAR) structured the overall design which used in-depth interviews of five HIV positive, five HIV negative black women, 51--69 years. The goal was to better understand the women's perceptions of separation from HIV/AIDS to prevent susceptibility translated through their lived experience as sexually active older women. The findings were analyzed through Critical Black Feminist Standpoint Theory and Social Gerontology Theory which illuminated common themes of safety nets for exemption from susceptibility among all the women whether held prior to diagnosis or currently by the HIV negative. Interpretive phenomenological analysis revealed how imagination mediates between potential and real, reflecting how what was present in each women's consciousness created the reality of separation, situating it as essential truth. Themes were: 1) religion/spirituality buffering HIV/AIDS threat and reality, 2) conscious/unconsciousness use of knowledge to negotiate relationships, 3) role of sex/sexuality for social exchange, and 4) use of proxy measures for HIV/AIDS detection/prevention in lieu of HIV testing. The implications are that there exists a critical need to significantly normalize prevention by restructuring screening/testing for older black women using the perspectives of their lived experience to improve public health, social work and behavioral research to augment the psychological literature and significantly refine practice.-- Abstract.
Download or read book African born Women Seeking HIV Care in Philadelphia written by Kimberly McClellan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the U.S. care arena, both privately and federally funded programs exist to provide targeted HIV care and services. The majority of these programs place emphasis on access to care, especially for programs serving diverse and traditionally vulnerable populations. Despite this programmatic availability, African-born, HIV-positive women living in the U.S. continue to experience care disparity. This study's significance derives from the need to redress the injustice of health disparity encountered by this population. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore and understand the role of a community of practice among African-born, HIV-positive women seeking and obtaining care in Philadelphia. The Promise Keepers are an existing community of practice that gathers regularly to deepen, share, and create a living repository of their knowledge of living as HIV-positive, African-born women. The participants of this study were purposely sampled by convenience from this existing practice community of seven African-born women, representative of five diverse African countries of origin. These seven participants included women ranging in age from 25 to 62 with a mean age of 44 years of age. They possessed diverse family composition in terms of marital and parental status, as well as attained educational levels. The methods of this study included one-on-one interviews, a group interview, and participant observation. Through thematic coding of the stories or "Way Makers" of the Promise Keepers, this study's three major themes emerged: (a) internal perception of self, (b) external perception of self, and (c) community. Apparent through analysis and framed theoretically by Rosenstock's Health Belief Model (HBM) was this study's finding of the relevance and positive effect of education in the restoration of self-efficacy among community of practice members. As voiced by the Promise Keepers, it was the group-mediated education, established trust, and created "safe space" that reduced members' perceived risk of isolation and enhanced their perceived benefit of seeking support to achieve wellness. Additionally, this study's adaptation of Rosenstock's HBM with the social cognitive construct of self-efficacy among HIV-positive, African-born women living in the U.S. presents a novel addition to the subject literature. Through the voiced, lived experiences of this practice community recommendations for expanded outreach, future research, and adaptation of the HBM, along with implications for practice and teaching, are presented. Key words: African born, women, HIV, access to care, disparity, injustice, community of practice, phenomenological, self-efficacy, Rosenstock's Health Belief Model, safe space, wellness.
Download or read book Repurposing a Legacy written by Ariel Rankin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of 2015, over half of all HIV/AIDS cases will be in adults aged 50 and older. One of the fastest growing older adult sub groups afflicted by the HIV epidemic is older African American women. At present, no studies have explored the unique experiences of older African American women who have received an HIV diagnosis at the age 50 and older. A descriptive qualitative study employing constructivist grounded theory methodology was used to gain insights into the experience of African American women diagnosed with HIV at age 50 and older. In taking the constructivist approach, analysis stemmed from shared experiences and relationships with participants. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed. A total of 16 interviews were used. Open-ended, non-leading questions and probes were developed from a literature review and community members' suggestions. Coding, mapping, analytic strategy usage, and memoing all assisted in creation of the grounded theory. The results of this study demonstrated how older African American women utilized various strategies to repurpose a legacy, after an HIV diagnosis. The strategies used by the women included re-evaluating perceptions of HIV risk, learning lessons from tumultuous times, and reconciling past and present events. The women's lack of HIV risk perceptions and their provider's failure to assess risky behaviors resulted in delayed HIV testing. After being tested, the women embarked on a journey to resolve newfound issues, and in the process, learned various life lessons. This process allowed the women to make meaning of their HIV diagnosis and set out on a path to self-discovery. The results of this study can shape forthcoming research on the HIV trajectory of older African American women living with HIV/AIDS and at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Download or read book HIV AIDS in U S Communities of Color written by Valerie Stone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More people in communities of color are contracting, living with, and being treated for HIV/AIDS than ever before. In 2005, 71% of new AIDS cases were diagnosed in people of color. The rate of HIV infection in the African-American community alone has increased from 25% of total cases diagnosed in 1985 to 50% in 2005. Latinos similarly comprise a disproportionate segment of the AIDS epidemic: though they make up only 14% of the U.S. population, 20% of AIDS cases diagnosed in 2004 were Latino/a. Though the number of racial and ethnic minority HIV/AIDS cases continues to grow, the health care community has been unable to adequately meet the unique medical needs of these populations. African-American, Latino/Latina, and other patients of color are less likely to seek medical care, have sufficient access to the health care system, or receive the drugs they need for as long as they need them. HIV/AIDS in Minority Communities acknowledges the prevalence of HIV/AIDS within minority communities in the U.S. and strives to educate physicians about the barriers to treatment that exist for minority patients. By analyzing the main causes of treatment failure and promoting respect for individual and cultural values, this book effectively teaches readers to provide responsive, patient-centered care and devise preventive strategies for minority communities. Comprehensive chapters contributed by physicians with extensive experience dealing with HIV/AIDS in minority communities cover issues as far-reaching as: anti-retroviral therapy; dermatologic manifestations and co-morbidities of the disease in patients of color; unique risks to women and MSMs of color; participation of minority cases in HIV research; and substance abuse and mental health issues.
Download or read book African American Women Living with HIV AIDS written by Lonar Anthony Umadhay and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
