Community-Based Planning for HIV/AIDS

Author(s):  
Bruce Kieler ◽  
Ishak Saporta
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Author(s):  
Renato M. Liboro ◽  
Sherry Bell ◽  
Brandon Ranuschio ◽  
Lianne Barnes ◽  
Jenna Despres ◽  
...  

Evidence-based research has highlighted the need for exploring factors that support the mental health of men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS (MSMLWH), and environmental influences that promote their resilience to HIV/AIDS. This exploratory study utilized a community-based participatory research approach to investigate barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, specifically among racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH, a population that continues to be significantly impacted by HIV/AIDS today. This collaborative, qualitative study recruited participants who identified as racial or ethnic minority MSMLWH, were aged 40 or older, and resided in Ontario, Canada. Participants (n = 24) discussed in their interviews barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS, which they recognized from their lived experiences. Utilizing thematic analysis, themes related to barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS were identified. Themes related to identified barriers included: (1) language proficiency, (2) racism, (3) pernicious norms in North American gay culture, and (4) HIV stigma. Themes related to identified facilitators included: (1) compartmentalization, (2) perseverance, and (3) community-based health and social services. This article discusses the implications of the study’s findings, particularly on how they may influence the development of future services for racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older MSMLWH.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Guidry ◽  
Erica Lubetkin ◽  
Geoffrey Corner ◽  
Jennifer Lord-Bessen ◽  
Mark Kornegay ◽  
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AIDS Care ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 874-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry W. Chang ◽  
Veronica Njie-Carr ◽  
Sheila Kalenge ◽  
Jack F. Kelly ◽  
Robert C. Bollinger ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (105) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Trussler ◽  
Rick Marchand

Author(s):  
Shri Kant Singh ◽  
Deepanjali Vishwakarma ◽  
Bhawana Sharma ◽  
Santosh Kumar Sharma

Background: Over the years, there has been growing evidence of continuous narrowing gender gap in new HIV infections, despite stagnation in overall HIV prevalence in India. Among others, one of the reasons behind the exiting pattern in HIV/AIDS in the country is the poor status of women, lack of control over their sexuality and poor reproductive and sexual rights.Methods: This paper analyses the troika of women’s empowerment, spousal-violence, and HIV prevalence in India using data from two rounds (2005-2006 and 2015-2016) of Indian DHS having a community-based HIV testing.Results: Results corroborate the recent spurts in women’s empowerment in India, which cuts across socio-economic groups. It has positively influenced a decline in spousal-violence even in the lowest socio-economic strata despite significant inequality across states. HIV prevalence among women has not been changed over the last decade (0.22% to 0.23%) despite decreased adult HIV prevalence. Women having control over their sexuality is significantly less likely to have HIV infection. Relationship between marital control behavior of husband and HIV prevalence, which was significant in 2005-06 (OR=1.2, p<0.10), has emerged to be insignificant in 2015-16. This means that increasing women's empowerment has altered their HIV prevalence through increasing sexual-rights and reducing the intensity of marital control behavior.Conclusions: A combative relationship has been established between women’s empowerment and their risk of HIV/AIDS. The results have been consistently showing the variations of inequality in women’s empowerment across different states, consequently affecting the risk of HIV/AIDS. Ensuring sexual-rights of women should be the best strategy.


Author(s):  
Ranti Suciati ◽  
Mujiati Mujiati ◽  
Novianti Novianti

Abstrak Semakin meningkatnya jumlah kasus HIV/AIDS di Indonesia, berdampak tidak hanya pada masalah kesehatan, memacu pemerintah untuk melibatkan masyarakat sipil dalam Organisasi Berbasis Komunitas (OBK) untuk ikut berperan dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS. Pentingnya identifikasi kendala atau hambatan yang dihadapi oleh OBK memunculkan strategi atau alternatif solusi untuk mengatasi kendala, serta memberikan gambaran model intervensi yang lebih sinkron antara pemerintah dan masyarakat. Desain penelitian adalah kualitatif dengan melakukan studi kasus di dua LSM Peduli AIDS di Jakarta. Informan dipilih secara purposive sampling yaitu pengurus, anggota/petugas, dan dampingan dari dua OBK. Pengumpulan informasi dengan wawancara mendalam berdasarkan pedoman wawancara dan diolah menggunakan metode content analysis. Kendala yang dihadapi OBK yaitu alur rujukan BPJS yang mengikuti domisili sehingga memberatkan pasien, kurang optimalnya koordinasi dan kerjasama antara OBK dengan Puskesmas, belum meratanya kualitas dan kapasitas SDM anggota OBK, persoalan administratif organisasi, sumber dana yang tidak selalu kontinu, adanya perbedaan kepentingan antara OBK dengan pihak kepolisian, serta masih tingginya stigma masyarakat terhadap penderita HIV/AIDS. Solusi mengatasi kendala OBK dilakukan dengan peningkatan efektifitas pelaksanaan program pemerintah melalui OBK, antara lain dengan penerapan fleksibilitas pengelolaan dana berdasarkan kinerja OBK, peningkatan kapasitas SDM, pemantapan sistem manajerial, pemahaman alur layanan kesehatan di Puskesmas, serta social support bagi penderita HIV/AIDS. Kata kunci: organisasi berbasis komunitas, LSM, HIV/AIDS Abstract The increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia that impact not only on health issues, spur the Government to involve civil society in community-based organizations (OBK) to play a role in HIV/AIDS prevention program. Identification of constraints or obstacles faced by OBK do as they can generate alternative strategies or solutions to overcome these constraints, and provide a more synchronous model of intervention between the government and the community. This type of research is a case study at two AIDS Awareness NGOs in Jakarta. The informants were chosen by purposive sampling ie the board, members/officers, and assistants from the two NGOs. Information collection with by in-depth interview based on interview guideline and processed using content analysis method. Constraints faced by the OBK is the issue of referral flow pathways that follow the domicile so burdensome patients, less optimal coordination and cooperation between OBK with primary health care, uneven quality and capacity of human resources of NGO members, organizational administrative issues, sources of funds that are not always continuous, different interests between the OBK with the police department, and the stigma. Reduction of obstacles faced by OBK can be done by increasing the effectiveness of government program implementation through OBK, among others by applying flexibility of fund management based on OBK performance, human resource capacity building, managerial system strengthening, understanding of health service flow in primary health care, and social support for patient HIV/AIDS. Keywords: community-based organizations, NGOs, HIV/AIDS


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