‘We Have Taken Care of our Children according to an African-Swedish Method’: HIV-Infected Ugandan Parents in Sweden

Åsander, Ann-Sofie; Rubensson, Birgitta; Munobwa, Jimmy Stephen; Faxelid, Elisabeth

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2013.756682

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“…The absence of gender differences in the present study might be because the majority of the participating legal guardians were mothers, who might have had their own experience of living with an HIV infection. This common experience between child and mother might increase the understanding between the mother and child regardless of the child's gender .…”

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“…We understand the first item in this scale, ‘ My child works hard to keep his/her HIV a secret’, to be about fears and the second item, ‘ My child is very careful whom he/she tells that he/she has HIV’, to be about keeping things to themselves and choosing if and when to tell others about their HIV infection. Most of the participating children were not European, indicating that the majority of their legal guardians also had a non‐European background and therefore might have had difficulties understanding the statements in the scale due to language difficulties or cultural contexts . This is judged to have been a potential problem in the few cases where the questionnaires were filled out at the participant's home and the responsible nurse was not present to clarify any questions.…”

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Legal guardians understand how children with the human immunodeficiency virus perceive quality of life and stigma

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AimThis aim of this study was to describe how legal guardians assessed health‐related quality of life and HIV‐related stigma in children with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compared to the children's own ratings.MethodsA cross‐sectional nationwide study was performed to compare how 37 children aged from eight to 16 years of age with perinatal HIV, and their legal guardians, assessed the children's health‐related quality of life and HIV‐related stigma. Data were collected using the 37‐item DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Module and a short eight‐item version of the HIV stigma scale.ResultsIntraclass correlations indicated concordance between the legal guardians' ratings and the children's own ratings of the child's health‐related quality of life and HIV‐related stigma. There were no statistically significant differences between the ratings of the two groups and gender did not have any impact on the results. Both groups indicated that the children had concerns about being open about their HIV status.ConclusionThe results of this study indicated that legal guardians understood how their children perceived their health‐related quality of life and HIV‐related stigma. The results also indicated the need for interventions to support both the children and legal guardians when it came to disclosing the child's HIV status.

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Legal guardians understand how children with the human immunodeficiency virus perceive quality of life and stigma

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“…There may be cultural factors explaining this grouping link between the more cognitive, individual and more social items. The distinction between what appear to be individual and social adjustment may be less clear in the less individualistic society of Uganda (Åsander et al, 2013), where reappraisals and counting of blessings may have a more social focus and therefore less distinct from items where adjustment relates to using others. Alternatively, there is a broader theme of reframing perhaps, whereby control is passed to others (doctors or God) and comparisons are made that allow the present experience to be less unpleasant.…”

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Adjustment as process and outcome: Measuring adjustment to HIV in Uganda

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The theory of masculinity in studies on HIV. A systematic review

Jacques-Aviñó

Olalla

Antelo

et al. 2018

Global Public Health

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This study aimed to describe the methodological characteristics of publications on HIV and masculinity, to identify possible information gaps and determine the main thematic areas. A systematic review was conducted of gender, masculinity, HIV infection and other sexually-transmitted infections in original articles published between 1992 and 2015. Original studies published from Pubmed and Scopus were included. A total of 303 articles were identified, of which 187 were selected. Most of the studies were qualitative and the most widely used technique was the interview. Twenty-nine-point five percent of studies were performed in South Africa, 20.8% in the USA, and 3.2% in Europe. Fifteen percent of the studies were performed in heterosexuals, 12.8% in men who have sex with men, and 60% did not specify the sexual orientation of the population. Eight thematic areas were defined, the most frequent being sexuality and risk behaviours, defined by men's need to demonstrate they were sexually active and a breadwinner. Most studies on HIV and masculinity show a gender bias by not specifying the sexual identity of the population. Studies should consider diversity in sexual and cultural identity in different contexts, including in Europe, to carry out more effective HIV interventions from a masculinity perspective.

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‘We Have Taken Care of our Children according to an African-Swedish Method’: HIV-Infected Ugandan Parents in Sweden

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Legal guardians understand how children with the human immunodeficiency virus perceive quality of life and stigma

Legal guardians understand how children with the human immunodeficiency virus perceive quality of life and stigma

Adjustment as process and outcome: Measuring adjustment to HIV in Uganda

The theory of masculinity in studies on HIV. A systematic review

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