Process and Outcome Evaluation of lLiving with Xr: A Body Mapping Workshop in the Time of HIV and AIDS

Abstract

In the US alone, 1.2 million people were diagnosed with HIV in 2013 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). People living with HIV experience stigma-related disadvantages that affect their quality of life. Stigma manifests in multiple forms (e.g. prejudice and discrimination) (Mahajan, 2008). Consequently, stigma contributes to barriers for effective intervention, prevention, treatment, and care for PLHIV (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 2015). In this pilot study, the researcher implemented a body mapping workshop for clients of AIDS Athens. Through a mixed methods of observation, interview, and questionnaire for data collection, the result of the process and outcome evaluation of the body mapping workshop showed that: (1) the intervention was implemented as intended; (2) the workshop can be replicated in the Athens setting; (3) the workshop can be improved upon for future delivery (4) the workshop did not meet its intended outcome objectives (an increase of resilience and self-esteem scores of 10% post-intervention); (5) all participants indicated good to high level of satisfaction with the workshop.

Seeing bodies in social sciences research: Body mapping and violent extremism in Kenya

“…The study’s body maps revealed an overemphasis on fertility, which is connected to womanhood, social power and status, but also kinship and continuity. Subsequent early references to body mapping in academic literature were about the lifelong and Memory Box workshops in Khayelitsha, in South Africa (Cornwall, 1992; MacGregor, 2009; Samosir et al, 2018; Solomon, 2002). In these workshops, body mapping was employed in an intervention to raise awareness about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); fight stigma; increase self-esteem and resilience; and highlight a lack of accessible antiretroviral medication.…”

“…In these workshops, body mapping was employed in an intervention to raise awareness about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); fight stigma; increase self-esteem and resilience; and highlight a lack of accessible antiretroviral medication. In this setting, body mapping was used as a therapeutic tool that enabled participants to talk about their experiences, document their stories and provide a relic or memento for their families after they passed (Lys et al, 2018; MacGregor, 2009; Judea Samosir et al, 2018; Nöstlinger et al, 2015). Since then, the popularity of body mapping appears to have been growing, and variations have been used as art therapy techniques in health interventions in relation to different illnesses, but also as educational and preventative tools.…”

“…However, when working on sensitive topics, this approach may not be suitable. An evaluation by Samosir et al (2018) recommended that, when this method is being used with vulnerable groups, such as people living with HIV, the body mapping process should last a minimum of 2 days. In our research, like Gunn (2017), we used body mapping for five full days.…”

Workshop Body Mapping Untuk Meningkatkan Self-Esteem Pada Orang Dengan Hiv (Odhiv)

“…Salah satu intervensi yang dapat memfasilitasi peningkatan self-esteem ODHIV dalam menghadapi stigma adalah terapi seni. Terapi seni diakui sebagai alat yang efektif untuk meningkatkan komunikasi dan harga diri (Bitonte and De Santo, 2014;Samosir, Hansen and Ringdahl, 2018). Salah satu bentuk terapi seni yang telah digunakan untuk membantu ODHIV menceritakan kisah mereka adalah body mapping (peta tubuh), yang pada awalnya dilakukan di Afrika Selatan (Solomon, 2007).…”

“…Sejalan dengan hasil di atas, penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa workshop body mapping tidak memiliki pengaruh dalam meningkatkan selfesteem pada ODHIV. Hasil penelitian ini sejalan dengan temuan dari penelitian Samosir, Hansen and Ringdahl (2018) yang menunjukkan tidak ada pengaruh yang signifikan secara kuantitatif pemberian workshop body mapping terhadap selfesteem pada ODHIV. Namun yang menarik adalah secara kualitatif, peserta menunjukkan rasa kepuasaan yang tinggi terhadap workshop dengan menyatakan bahwa workshop tersebut merupakan ruang aman bagi mereka untuk mengekspresikan perasaan dan pikiran serta mendapatkan teman baru.…”