scholarly journals Recognising resilience factors among people living with HIV seeking to adopt

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Tam Chipawe Cane
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
Living With Hiv

This article discusses the challenges faced by people in the adoption process who are living with HIV, looking especially at resilience factors. Resilience is framed in the context of HIV-related infertility that motivates people living with HIV to apply for adoption. The article draws on psychological definitions of resilience and presents four factors that promote and sustain it: individual strengths, good health management, social network and wider recognition in society. This is illustrated by a case study. The study emphasises that ‘the prospective adoptive child’ should always be at the centre of any assessments and encourages social workers to consider sensitive and inclusive practice when assessing prospective adopters living with HIV.

A Seat at the Table: Designing an Activity-Based Community Advisory Committee With People Living With HIV Who Use Drugs

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1029-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Switzer ◽  
Soo Chan Carusone ◽  
Adrian Guta ◽  
Carol Strike
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Advisory Committees ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Living With Hiv

Recently, scholars have begun to critically interrogate the way community participation functions discursively within community-based participatory research (CBPR) and raise questions about its function and limits. Community advisory committees (CACs) are often used within CBPR as one way to involve community members in research from design to dissemination. However, CACs may not always be designed in ways that are accessible for communities experiencing the intersections of complex health issues and marginalization. This article draws on our experience designing and facilitating Research Rec’—a flexible, and activity-based CAC for a project about the acute-care hospital stays of people living with HIV who use drugs. Using Research Rec’ as a case study, we reflect on ethical, methodological, and pedagogical considerations for designing and facilitating CACs for this community. We discuss how to critically reflect on the design and facilitation of advisory committees, and community engagement processes in CBPR more broadly.

scholarly journals [The Wife's Obligation to Fulfill Inner Maintenance to Husband Who is Infected With Hiv / Aids: According to Islamic Family Law and Case Study] Kewajipan Isteri Menunaikan Nafkah Batin Kepada Suami yang Dijangkiti Hiv/ Aids: Menurut Undang-Undang Keluarg

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Md. Zawawi Abu Bakar ◽  
Rajwani Md. Zain ◽  
Wan Ab Rahman Khudzri Wan Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Study Data ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Interview Methods ◽  
Islamic Family Law ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Husband And Wife ◽  
Hiv Aids

This paper aims to explain the dilemma that occurs in marital relationships. The issue of performing the external or internal maintenance obligation on the husband who has HIV / AIDS causes the wife to suffer. Thus, a qualitative study has been done to identify the dilemma that occurs in the relationship between husband and wife. Archival research methods such as the provisions of Islamic Family Law (UUKI), fiqh munakahat and case studies have been used. Interview methods were also performed to answer the objectives of the study. A total of 8 respondents, namely the wives of AIDS sufferers, were interviewed to obtain study data and the data was finally analyzed manually (QDA). The results show that there is discrimination against people living with HIV / AIDS (OHDHA) (wife) in the form of external and internal maintenance (husband and wife relationship). Even sadder, all respondents have been infected with HIV / AIDS as a result of intimate relationships with their husbands. The study finally concludes that OHDHA (wife) needs guidance and understanding of how to deal with the dilemma of performing duties as a wife and avoiding darar treatment from her partner (husband). Keywords: UUKI, Obligation, Wife, nafkah, HIV/AIDS. Makalah ini bertujuan menjelaskan dilema yang berlaku dalam hubungan suami isteri. Isu berkenaan melaksanakan kewajipan nafkah zahir atau batin terhadap suami yang menghidap HIV/AIDS menyebabkan isteri menderita. Justeru, satu kajian kualitatif telah dilakukan untuk mengenal pasti dilemma tersebut yang berlaku dalam hubungan suami isteri. Kaedah kajian arkib seperti peruntukan Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam (UUKI), fiqh munakahat dan kajian kes telah digunakan. Kaedah temubual juga telah dilakukan untuk menjawab objektif kajian. Responden seramai 8 orang iaitu isteri kepada penghidap AIDS telah ditemubual bagi mendapat data kajian dan data akhirnya dianalisis secara manual (QDA). Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa berlaku diskriminasi terhadap Orang Hidup Dengan HIV/AIDS (OHDHA) (isteri) iaitu dalam bentuk nafkah zahir dan batin (hubungan suami isteri). Lebih menyedihkan lagi semua responden telah dijangkiti HIV/AIDS hasil hubungan intim bersama suami. Kajian akhirnya menyimpulkan bahawa OHDHA (isteri) perlu kepada bimbingan dan pemahaman bagaimana menangani dilemma melaksanakan kewajipan sebagai isteri dan mengelakkan daripada perlakuan darar daripada pasangannya (suami).   Kata kunci: UUKI, kewajipan, isteri, nafkah, HIV/AIDS

scholarly journals Improving communication about HIV prevention among people living with HIV and their at-risk social network members in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1600230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hellen Siril ◽  
Anna Kaale ◽  
Anna Minja ◽  
Japheth Kilewo ◽  
Ferdinand Mugusi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

‘[W]e Find Families for Children, Not Children for Families’: An Incident in the Long and Unhappy History of Relations between Social Workers and Adoptive Parents

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Quartly
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Adoptive Parent ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Australian State ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Relatively little work on adoption focuses on the role of social workers. This article gives an account of the conflict between social workers and prospective adoptive parents which developed in Australia in the 1970s, taking as a case study the conflicting roles of adoptive parent advocates and professional social workers within the Standing Committee on Adoption in the Australian state of Victoria. Its overarching concern lies with the historical attitudes of the social work profession towards adoption, both domestic and intercountry, as these have changed from an embrace of both adoption and adoptive parents to mutual alienation. It concludes that the inclusive practice of radical social work could only briefly contain contesting client groups.

scholarly journals Kebermaknaan Hidup Pada Ibu Rumah Tangga yang Terinfeksi HIV-AIDS di Kota Surabaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Imroatu Sholikhati Setyo ◽  
Akhmad Fauzie ◽  
Dewi Mahastuti
Keyword(s):  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Unique Individual ◽  
Hiv Aids

<em><span>The purpose of this study is to understand how the process of achieving meaningful of life housewives living with HIV. The subjects in this study were two housewives PLHIV (People Living with HIV) who are already infected with HIV-AIDS for at least two years, with each one significant other. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive case study, as well as in-depth interviews. Based on interviews and analysis of data, known when the subject was not received when it should be declared as a housewife living with HIV. Both subjects had to live life with a negative self-image on themself, because getting stigma and discrimination from society. The awareness to have a better life emerged after a meeting with other people living with HIV housewives as well as individual experts such as doctors or psychologists. The meaning of life back discovered two subjects because they have a belief in God. Of significance has been determined, the subjects begin to live life happily. Until the end of the two subjects get the results of the hard work that has been traversed.</span><span>The changes do not significantly meaningful life is a process. In fact, every individual will follow the stages that exist precisely, considering each individual is a unique individual with characteristics that are owned respectively. This is what happened to the two housewives PLHIV in this study, that the process through which the meaningful of life does not follow a particular order.</span></em>

scholarly journals Pursuing the adoption pathway: the lived experiences of people living with HIV

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tam Cane ◽  
Vasso Vydellingum ◽  
Wendy Knibb
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Living With Hiv

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences that people with HIV faced as they navigated through the intricate processes of trying to access adoption services in the south of England. It proposes the need to pay more attention to people living with HIV (PLWHIV) able to adopt children. The study aims to develop an increased focus on PLWHIV able to adopt. Design/methodology/approach The paper is an exploratory study using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach. Open-ended interviews were conducted with seven participants including individuals and couples. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using IPA’s cross-case and ideographic analysis. Findings The paper provides empirical insights about the challenges that PLWHIV experienced with social workers. Positive experiences were in the minority. Lack of information, inadequate support, stigma and discrimination, cultural insensitivity and disempowerment were frequently reported. The paper suggests that greater understanding and better education for social workers would improve access to adoption by people with HIV. Research limitations/implications Given the chosen approach and small sample size, results may not be generalisable. Practical implications This study increases knowledge, promotes positive attitudes and improved support for PLWHIV who are stable and able to offer permanency to adoptive children. Originality/value This paper provides new ideas in an area that is scarcely researched. It identifies the need to undertake further studies to understand how social workers assess PLWHIV and what can be done to provide adequate support.

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