“…Seropositive women also experience stigmatization, social isolation, and feelings of uncertainty and loss (e.g., Armistead, Morse, Forehand, Morse, & Clark, 1999;Armstrong, 1996;Bunting & Seaton, 1999;Crossley, 1988;Hacki, Somlai, Kelly, & Kalichman, 1997, Heath & Rodway, 1999Ingram & Hutchinson, 1999;Goggin et al, 2001;Palyo, 1995;Russell & Smith, 1999;Sandelowski, Lambe, & Barroso, 2004;Withell, 2000). A study in Uganda reported on six seropositive women who experienced a sense of loss from the death of their husbands or children because of AIDS.…”