Gender Differences in Knowledge and Perceptions of HIV Resources Among Individuals Living with HIV in the Southeast

Abstract

These findings indicate a need for outreach services that are designed to address the specific needs of older African-American women, and women in general.

Assessment of Quality of Life from HIV Counselling and Social Support among PLWHA Clinic Attendees in Specialist Hospital Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

“…Majority of the respondents were females (63.8%). Although, this is in line with previous studies which noted that females more vulnerable to the infection and that they utilize medical services much more than their male counterparts (Whetten, 2004), the high representation of females in this study could be attributed to the fact that the health facility utilized for this study also provides prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services which is exclusive to women on antenatal care who are usually in large numbers. Most of the respondents from this study were married (32.2%), but followed very closely by the singles (29.5%) that are all within acceptable age-brackets for marriage.…”

Diferenças de gênero ao acolhimento de pessoas vivendo com HIV em serviço universitário de referência de São Paulo, Brasil

“…Na realidade, as mulheres enfrentam maior vulnerabilidade à infecção e ao adoecimento, na dependência de fatores que não afetam igualmente os homens, muitos dos quais estão implícitos nas relações sociais e nas realidades econômicas das sociedades 17 . Assim, por exemplo, ao investigar o grau de conhecimento e as percepções de pessoas vivendo com HIV em diversas localidades da região sudeste dos Estados Unidos acerca dos recursos disponíveis para o cuidado clínico especializado e a rede comunitária de benefícios de suporte social, Whetten et al 40 verificaram que as mulheres mais freqüentemente desconheciam como acessá-los ou os julgavam menos úteis. Tais barreiras, se não superadas, podem acarretar prejuízo para o cuidado de mulheres que vivem com HIV, com potencial repercussão sobre sua sobrevida e/ou qualidade de vida.…”

Delayed access to HIV diagnosis and care: Special concerns for the Southern United States

“…At the UAB 1917 Clinic, African-Americans represented 54.8% of publicly insured persons presenting to care with CDC-defined AIDS; non-Hispanic Whites accounted for 40.6% (Krawczyk et al, 2006). African-Americans may also be reluctant to access medical care because of injustices in the past by physicians and researchers, most notably the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and the widespread belief that HIV is a form of government genocide (AIDS Alert, 2003;Whetten et al, 2004). The persistent legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is especially pronounced in the South where the study took place.…”