Exploring Underpinnings Weighing Down the Phenomenon of Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) among the People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in South Africa and Botswana: A Literature Review

Background: A person living with HIV / AIDS bargains with stressors such as discrimination, stigma depression, and several psychological impacts. The stressors experienced by people with HIV/ AIDS will certainly have an impact on daily activities, welfare, and management of medications which in general will have an impact on the quality of life. To deal with these stressors, it is necessary to have good and proper coping from within the PLWHA. Coping strategies need to be owned and carried out by PLWHA in order to respond adaptively to the stressor conditions experienced. Purpose: The aim of this review is to describe the stress experienced and the coping strategies used among PLWHA. Methods: This literature review used keywords in the search for international references are coping strategy, stressor, HIV-AIDS. Inclusion criteria: selection of titles that are relevant to the formulation of the problem and objectives, full-text articles in English, articles published from 2019 to 2021. The exclusion criteria used were coping strategy articles that did not involve HIV patients. Search references from electronic database sources namely ProQuest, CINAHL, and ScienceDirect.Six articles that are deemed worthy of analysis are then discussed or analyzed. Results: Age, gender and sexual orientation have contributed to the emerging stressor among PLWHA. The internal and external coping strategies focusing on the problem are important for PLWHA in handling the stressor. Conclusion: People with HIV-AIDS have many stressors in their lives, but they also have proper coping strategies depending on their internal and external conditions.

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STUDI RETROSPEKTIF KETAHANAN HIDUP ORANG DENGAN INFEKSI HIV/AIDS (ODHA) DI RSUD DR. ACHMAD MOCHTAR BUKITTINGGI

Human Care Journal ◽

10.32883/hcj.v3i3.89 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Sukarsi Rusti

Keyword(s):

Opportunistic Infection ◽

Opportunistic Infections ◽

Analysis Data ◽

P Value ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Chi Square ◽

The People ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS disease is a health problem in indonesia. The problem cause of the number of morbility and mortality that still hight. It is cause of long term infection, adherance consuming the drungs and opportunistic that can deastroy the imun system of People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). The purpose of this research is to identify the factors related to the people living with PLHIV in Achmad Muchtar Hospital Bukittinggi2016.This research was conducted by a retrospective cohort design approach, doing research of the death of people who living with HIV by observing the patient’s medical record from 2014-2015. The research of study were 215 patient’s who is criteria inclusion. Analysis data using test chi-square. who became the independent variable is long infection, adherance comsuming the Anti Retroviral (ARV) , and opportunistic infection and dependent variable that survive the HIV people life.The research showed that among 215 patients with the number of deaths 39 people ( 18,% ), stages 3 and 4 (>5 th) is 89 people ( 41.4% ), not adherence is 77 people ( 35.8% ), and who suffered an opportunistic infection were 61 people (28.4% ). The statistical test relationships survival of people living with HIV with long-term infection obtained p value = 0,000 and RR = 0,019 ( confidence interfal 95 % with alpha = 0.05 ), adherance comsuming the ARV obtained p value = 0,000 and RR = 0,494 ( confidence interfal 95 % with alpha = 0.05 ), infection opportunistic obtained p value = 0,000 and RR = 0,361 ( confidence interfal 95 % with αlpha = 0.05 ).From these findings, it can be concluded that the long-term infection, adherence ARV and opportunistic infections associated with survival of people living with HIV. Of the three variables obtained interrelated and value the highest association is long-term infection.

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Educating the Heart: Fostering Hope Through Theatre in the AIDS Crisis in South Africa

Inquiry@Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings ◽

10.24908/iqurcp.8052 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Meghan Ward

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

International Development ◽

Healing Process ◽

Development Theory ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Aids Crisis ◽

Theatrical Representation ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

International Development Studies ◽

Hiv Aids

With approximately 5.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS, South Africa has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the world. HIV tends to strike the most vulnerable people in society, and is often associated with high risk behaviours, which inevitably leads to stigmatization. Through an integration of theatre and development theory, I propose to investigate the potential of using theatre as a community event that raises awareness of collective issues and that offers new hope to people living with HIV. I suggest that theatre can educate the heart and put a human face on HIV/AIDS, thus catalyzing a healing process at the community level. By targeting township youth, those who are currently driving the virus, an interactive theatre style, such as participatory methodology, can effectively move beyond didactic education. In participatory theatre, the target group is incorporated into the theatrical representation of their circumstances through the performance of personal testimonies associated with HIV. Here, the power of theatre lies in its ability to produce individual reactions in the audience, which ultimately result in a collective experience and elevated consciousness through the discussion that ensues. The community is thus empowered to engage in a new ap proach to HIV/AIDS. Can such a performance prevent further infections by exposing the consequences and realities of living with AIDS? While a testcase would be ideal in the affirmation of these ideas, I hope to bring a new approach to community theatre through a combination of theories from both theatre and international development studies.

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An Afro-Christian ministry to people living with HIV/Aids in South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v61i3.466 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 61 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matsobane J. Manala

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

World View ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Raising Awareness ◽

Aids Pandemic ◽

Persons Living With Hiv ◽

Pain And Suffering ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

The Church ◽

Hiv Aids

The HIV/Aids pandemic is cause for great frustration to the developing countries in their attempts to improve the quality of life of their citizens. HIV/Aids in South Africa demands a specific approach to the Christian ministry in which the African world-view is acknowledged. In order for the church to play a relevant and meaningful role in combating the HIV/Aids pandemic, it is necessary that the church should be informed of the existential situation of persons living with HIV/Aids. This information is vital for raising awareness and engendering sensitivity among Christians. In the context of such awareness of and sensitivity to human pain and suffering, the community of the faithful should be moved to heed Christ’s call to show neighbourly love. The possible role of the church in caring for those who are already infected with HIV is defined.

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The Validity of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptom Screener (SAMISS) in People Living with HIV/AIDS in Primary HIV Care in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior ◽

10.1007/s10461-014-0698-y ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 1133-1141 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Erica Breuer ◽

Kevin Stoloff ◽

Landon Myer ◽

Soraya Seedat ◽

Dan J. Stein ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Substance Abuse ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Cape Town ◽

Hiv Care ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

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Home-Based Caregiving for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ◽

10.1353/hpu.2013.0091 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 697-705 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Theresa M. Mieh ◽

Juliet Iwelunmor ◽

Collins O. Airhihenbuwa

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Home Based ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

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Community-based HIV/AIDS interventions to promote psychosocial well-being among people living with HIV/AIDS: a literature review

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine ◽

10.1080/21642850.2013.822798 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 31-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Liyun Wu ◽

Xiaoming Li

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Well Being ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Community Based ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Hiv Aids

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The Impact of HIV/AIDS Regarding Informal Social Security: Issues and Perspectives from a South African Context

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2010/v13i3a2693 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 407

Author(s):

Clarence Itumeleng Tshoose

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Social Security ◽

South African ◽

Social Impact ◽

Social Assistance ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Social Reciprocity ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

The Impact ◽

Hiv Aids

The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of this pandemic on households' access to social assistance benefits in the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has wrought untold sorrow and suffering to the overwhelming majority of households in South Africa. The article analyses the consequences of HIV/AIDS in relation to households' support systems, care and dependency burdens, and the extent to which the household members either acknowledge the illness (enabling them to better engage with treatment options) or alternatively, deny its existence. The article commences by reviewing the literature concerning the effects and social impact of HIV/AIDS on the livelihoods of households and their families. The social reciprocity that underpins households' livelihoods is briefly recapitulated. The article concludes that, while recent policy developments are to be welcomed, the current South African legal system of social security does not provide adequate cover for both people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. More remains to be done in order to provide a more comprehensive social security system for the excluded and marginalised people who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

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