The effects of AIDS prevention programs by lay health advisors for migrants in The Netherlands

Martijn, Carolien; Vries, Nanne K. de; Voorham, Toon; Brandsma, J M; Meis, Max; Hospers, Harm J.

doi:10.1016/s0738-3991(03)00125-3

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“…They have been identified as trusted leaders in their social networks (Israel, 1982). Studies have been conducted on the use of LHAs in the community regarding issues including (but not limited to) HIV in migrant workers in the United States (McQuiston et al, 2001; Somerville, Diaz, Davis, Coleman, & Taveras, 2006) and the Netherlands (Martijn et al, 2004); cervical cancer in Native Americans (Christoper, Gidley, Letiecq, Smith, & McCormick, 2008); breast cancer in African Americans (Yu et al, 2007); and cardiovascular health in immigrant Latinas (Kim, Koniak-Griffin, Flaskerud, & Guarnero, 2004). These studies confirm a promising impact of peer educators on improved health indicators in multiple areas around the world.…”

Section: Impact Of Lay Providers On Hiv/aids Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Women Living with AIDS in Rural India Related to the Engagement of HIV-Trained Accredited Social Health Activists for Care and Support

Nyamathi

William

Ganguly

et al. 2010

Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services

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A community-based participatory research study was conducted using focus groups with 39 women living with AIDS (WLA) in the rural setting of Andhra Pradesh, India. In addition, three nurses, two physicians, and five reproductive health accredited social health activists (ASHAs) took part in focus groups. The WLA offered insight Support for this research was provided by grant MH82662 from the National Institute on Mental Health.Address correspondence to Adeline M. Nyamathi, ANP, PhD, FAAN, UCLA, School of Nursing, Room 2-250, Factor Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1702, USA. E-mail: anyamath@ sonnet.ucla.edu Services, 9:385-404, 2010 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1538-1501 print=1538-151X online DOI: 10.1080DOI: 10. /15381501.2010 into the benefits of HIV-trained ASHAs including emotional support, assistance with travel to health care providers and antiretroviral therapy medication adherence. Health care providers also identified benefits of using HIV-trained ASHAs and suggested modalities for how to train these individuals. These findings will contribute to the design of a future program of care involving HIV-trained ASHAs. Journal of HIV/AIDS & SocialKEYWORDS accredited social health activists (ASHAs), HIV= AIDS, rural India, women Approximately 2.3 million adults are living with HIV=AIDS in India, of whom 38% are women (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV=AIDS [UNAIDS], 2008). The state of Andhra Pradesh has the second highest HIV adult prevalence rate in all of India (0.97% total; 0.75% for women and 1.22% for men), according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS, 2008). Data from antenatal clinics indicate that almost half of 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh have HIV prevalence rates for women above 2% to 2.5% (National AIDS Control Organization [NACO], 2007), indicating a feminization of the epidemic in this area. Indeed, 85% of HIV transmission in India is sexual, and 75% of women living with HIV=AIDS (WLA) become positive within the first few years of marriage (Solomon, Chakraborty, & Yepthomi, 2004).In India there exist gender-specific disparities in HIV prevention and treatment. One of the main factors influencing India's HIV epidemic is a high rate of gender stratification, in which women experience extreme social disadvantage (Bloom & Griffiths, 2007). Indian women suffer disproportionate vulnerability to HIV=AIDS (Kambou, Magur, Hora, & Mukherjee, 2007), often because they often lack HIV awareness, live in conditions of poverty, and experience gender inequity (Van Rompay et al., 2008). WLA have been found to have low levels of psychosocial well-being (Solomon et al., 2008), which is confounded by the fact that many women live in rural areas and are socially and physically distant from help and government resources (NFHS, 2008).The purpose of this study is to assess the benefits and challenges related to engaging HIV-trained accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in the care of WLA in the rural district of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. Our goal is to determine the utility and acc...

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Section: Impact Of Lay Providers On Hiv/aids Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of Women Living with AIDS in Rural India Related to the Engagement of HIV-Trained Accredited Social Health Activists for Care and Support

Nyamathi

William

Ganguly

et al. 2010

Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services

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“…Peer interventions have been used in a multitude of women's health programs and contexts across the globe, ranging from breastfeeding support for women in Bangladesh (Haider, Kabir, Huttly, & Ashworth, 2002) and Latinas in the US (Chapman, Damio, & Perez-Escamilla, 2004; Chapman, Damio, Young, & Perez-Escamilla, 2005), to HIV/AIDS interventions in the Netherlands (Martijn et al, 2004), China (Molassiotis et al, 2002), Ghana (Wolf & Bond, 2002), and South Africa (Campbell & Mzaidume, 2001). Examples of the wide diversity of peer support programs in women's health include smoking cessation and recovery from substance abuse among pregnant and postpartum women (Malchodi et al, 2003; Sherman, Sanders, & Yearde, 1998; Woodruff, Talavera, & Elder, 2002); peer interventions targeting the husbands and fathers of women enrolled in nutrition support programs (Stremler & Lovera, 2004); and the promotion of physical activity to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes (Matson-Koffman, Brownstein, Neiner, & Greaney, 2005; Kim, Koniak-Griffin, Flaskerud, & Guarnero, 2004; Keyserling et al, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

Embodied Work: Insider Perspectives on the Work of HIV/AIDS Peer Counselors

Messias

Moneyham

Vyavaharkar

et al. 2009

Health Care for Women International

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Our aim in this study was to explore HIV/AIDS peer counseling from the perspective of women actively engaged in this work within the context of a community-based program in rural areas of the southeastern United Sates. Based on this research we suggest that the embodied work of HIV/ AIDS peer counselors is constructed around their personal identities and experiences. This work involves gaining entry to other HIV-positive women's lives, building relationships, drawing on personal experiences, facing issues of fear and stigma, tailoring peer counseling for diversity, balancing risks and benefits, and terminating relationships. Peer counselors recognize the personal and collective value of their work, which, like much of women's work within the context of family and community, lacks public visibility and acknowledgement. We discuss implications for the training and support of peer-based interventions for HIV and other women's health issues across diverse contexts and settings. KeywordsHIV/AIDS; peer counseling; women's work; women's health Peer-based interventions are well-established in many public health and social service settings and are increasingly popular as a strategy for reaching disenfranchised and marginalized groups around the globe (Boudin, Carero, & Clark, et al., 1999;Eng, Parker, & Harlan, 1997;Everly, 2002). Despite the recent popularity and proliferation of peer interventions, there is a need for more in-depth and contextualized knowledge of this NIH Public Access

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“…Based on this, the authors decided to include all vulnerable refugee children; they had no external comparison group but used a pre-post evaluation design involving an internal comparison group [60]. Evaluators of refugee programs frequently use pre-post design [46,55,60,61]. …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Addressing refugee health through evidence-based policies: a case study

Bocanegra

Carter‐Pokras

Ingleby

et al. 2018

Annals of Epidemiology

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The cumulative total of persons forced to leave their country for fear of persecution or organized violence reached an unprecedented 24.5 million by the end of 2015. Providing equitable access to appropriate health services for these highly diverse newcomers poses challenges for receiving countries. In this case study, we illustrate the importance of translating epidemiology into policy to address the health needs of refugees by highlighting examples of what works as well as identifying important policy-relevant gaps in knowledge. First, we formed an international working group of epidemiologists and health services researchers to identify available literature on the intersection of epidemiology, policy, and refugee health. Second, we created a synopsis of findings to inform a recommendation for integration of policy and epidemiology to support refugee health in the US and other high-income receiving countries. Third, we identified eight key areas to guide the involvement of epidemiologists in addressing refugee health concerns. The complexity and uniqueness of refugee health issues, and the need to develop sustainable management information systems, require epidemiologists to expand their repertoire of skills to identify health patterns among arriving refugees, monitor access to appropriately designed health services, address inequities, and communicate with policy makers and multidisciplinary teams.

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The effects of AIDS prevention programs by lay health advisors for migrants in The Netherlands

Cited by 21 publications

References 11 publications

Perceptions of Women Living with AIDS in Rural India Related to the Engagement of HIV-Trained Accredited Social Health Activists for Care and Support

Perceptions of Women Living with AIDS in Rural India Related to the Engagement of HIV-Trained Accredited Social Health Activists for Care and Support

Embodied Work: Insider Perspectives on the Work of HIV/AIDS Peer Counselors

Addressing refugee health through evidence-based policies: a case study

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