scholarly journals A social support for housewives with HIV/AIDS through a peer support group

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro ◽  
Ema Hidayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Aids Stigma ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hiv Aids

Housewives with HIV/AIDS are faced with internal problems because the virus continues to invade their bodies and external problems such as caring for their husbands and children infected with HIV/AIDS, stigma and discrimination, maintaining family integrity and even taking responsibility for economic problems when the husband dies. They need social support. One of the most important sources of social support is peers, especially for those who have not done open status to the family. Peer support can be obtained through Peer Support Groups (KDS) through counseling, education, and information. This qualitative research using the methodo­logy approach tries to explore the social support that is obtained by housewives with HIV/AIDS through peer support groups that they participate in General Hospital Dr. Kariadi Semarang. Research involving 15 informants shows that peer support groups can provide social support for them, including information support about the treatment and development of HIV/AIDS; emotional support, self-esteem support, and network support such as intensive communication and strong friendships; and real assistance: venture capital assistance, business skills, and assistance in accessing treatment

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN SELF ESTEEM PASIEN PENYAKIT TERMINAL DI KELOMPOK DUKUNGAN SEBAYA (KDS) RSUP DR. KARIADI SEMARANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Ema Hidayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Peer Counseling ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Hiv Aids

<p><em>HIV / AIDS patients experience complex problems both physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Psychosocial problems experienced include depression, anxiety, despair, and worry, and affect the destruction of social life such as isolating themselves and getting stigmatized. These various problems make HIV / AIDS patients feel useless and worthless. In dealing with psychological problems such as low self-esteem, HIV / AIDS patients desperately need social support from both partners, parents, children, friends, counselors and health teams. Unfortunately during this time the expected social support, rarely HIV / AIDS patients were found, including from their own families. To facilitate these needs, hospitals that become a reference center for HIV / AIDS patients form Peer Support Groups (</em><em>P</em><em>S</em><em>G</em><em>). </em><em>PSG </em><em> activities include group guidance and peer counseling for HIV / AIDS patients. These activities provide opportunities for HIV / AIDS patients to increase knowledge about their illness, exchange experiences with each other, even help each other solve problems. The various positive benefits of peer support groups in turn can increase the self-esteem of HIV / AIDS patients</em>.</p><p> </p><p align="center">****</p>Pasien HIV/AIDS mengalami problem yang kompleks baik fisik, psikologis, sosial, dan spiritual. Problem psikososial yang dialami antara lain depresi, cemas,  putus asa, dan khawatir, serta berpengaruh pada rusaknya kehidupan sosial seperti mengisolasikan diri dan mendapat stigmatisasi. Berbagai masalah tersebut membuat ODHA merasa tidak berguna dan tidak berharga. Dalam menghadapi problem psikologis seperti rendahnya harga diri, ODHA sangat membutuhkan dukungan sosial baik dari pasangan, orang tua, anak, teman, konselor dan tim kesehatan. Sayangnya selama ini dukungan sosial yang diharapkan tersebut, jarang ODHA didapatkan termasuk dari keluarganya sendiri. Untuk memfasilitasi kebutuhan tersebut, rumah sakit yang menjadi pusat rujukan bagi ODHA membentuk Kelompok Dukungan Sebaya (KDS). Kegiatan KDS diantaranya  bimbingan kelompok dan konseling sebaya bagi ODHA. Kegiatan tersebut memberikan peluang bagi ODHA untuk menambah pengetahuan tentang sakitnya, bertukar pengalaman dengan sesamanya, bahkan saling membantu memecahkan masalah. Berbagai manfaat positif KDS tersebut pada gilirannya mampu meningkatkan harga diri ODHA.

scholarly journals No Longer an Island: A Social Network Intervention Engaging Black Men Through CBPR

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 155798832091338
Author(s):  
Amy E. Harley ◽  
David Frazer ◽  
Tyler Weber ◽  
Terron C. Edwards ◽  
Nicole Carnegie
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Social Network Intervention ◽  
Network Intervention

The aim of this study was to assess outcomes from a multilevel social network intervention to promote the health of Black men. Through a community–academic collaboration and using a participatory research approach, we implemented the intervention over 4 years in a 110-block area of an urban neighborhood. The project aimed to implement a neighborhood peer outreach and leadership network to strengthen social support of Black men and increase community and family engagement. Intervention activities included three 12-month intergenerational peer support groups ( N = 46), a door-to-door outreach campaign ( N = 186), media and communication efforts, and a community partner network. Primary outcomes for the peer support groups were measured using a pretest/posttest cohort design and included social support, perceived stress, social capital, and global self-esteem. Primary outcomes for the door-to-door outreach campaign were measured using a repeated cross-sectional design and included a sense of community, neighborhood social interaction, perceived neighborhood control, and self-rated health status. Significant findings from the peer support groups included an increase in social support overall ( p = .027), driven by improvements in guidance, reliable alliance, and reassurance of worth; and an improvement in perceived stress ( p = .047). Significant findings from the door-to-door outreach campaign included increases in neighborhood social interaction ( p < .0001) and perceived neighborhood control ( p = .036). This project provides evidence that a participatory approach to planning and delivering a health promotion intervention aimed at creating positive social spaces and enhancing social connections can result in significant outcomes and successful engagement of Black men.

scholarly journals Social network support and harm reduction activities in a peer researcher-led pilot study, British Columbia, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaf Elkhalifa ◽  
Ehsan Jozaghi ◽  
Samona Marsh ◽  
Erica Thomson ◽  
Delilah Gregg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
Peer Researchers ◽  
Future Work

Abstract Background People who smoke drugs (PWSD) are at high risk of both infectious disease and overdose. Harm reduction activities organized by their peers in the community can reduce risk by providing education, safer smoking supplies, and facilitate access to other services. Peers also provide a network of people who provide social support to PWSD which may reinforce harm reducing behaviors. We evaluated the numbers of supportive network members and the relationships between received support and participants’ harm-reducing activities. Methods Initial peer-researchers with past or current lived drug use experience were employed from communities in Abbotsford and Vancouver to interview ten friends from their social networks who use illegal drugs mainly through smoking. Contacts completed a questionnaire about people in their own harm reduction networks and their relationships with each other. We categorized social support into informational, emotional, and tangible aspects, and harm reduction into being trained in the use of, or carrying naloxone, assisting peers with overdoses, using brass screens to smoke, obtaining pipes from service organizations and being trained in CPR. Results Fifteen initial peer researchers interviewed 149 participants who provided information on up to 10 people who were friends or contacts and the relationships between them. People who smoked drugs in public were 1.46 (95% CI, 1.13-1.78) more likely to assist others with possible overdoses if they received tangible support; women who received tangible support were 1.24 (95% CI; 1.02-1.45) more likely to carry and be trained in the use of naloxone. There was no relationship between number of supportive network members and harm reduction behaviors. Conclusions In this pilot study, PWSD who received tangible support were more likely to assist peers in possible overdoses and be trained in the use of and/or carry naloxone, than those who did not receive tangible support. Future work on the social relationships of PWSD may prove valuable in the search for credible and effective interventions.

The Outreach Assisted Peer-Support Model for Controlling Drug Dependency

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Levy ◽  
Chuck P. Gallmeier ◽  
W. Wayne Wiebel
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Drug Dependency ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
The Social

This article examines the outreach-assisted peer-support (OAPS) model of group interaction as an innovative strategy to help active street addicts control, reduce, or stop their use of drugs. The OAPS model targets active street addicts who are not in treatment and who may elect to continue drug use while participating in an OAPS group. Community-outreach and network sampling methods were used to recruit active heroin and cocaine users. One hundred street addicts were invited to participate voluntarily in outreach staff-assisted, peer-support groups sessions held at two community-based sites in Chicago. Data are drawn from regular indepth interviews, ethnographic reports, and transcribed tapes of OAPS sessions. The analysis focuses on the social processes through which peers help peers to stop, control, or reduce the harm of using illegal drugs.

Strengthening Social Support: Health Professionals' Views of the Health Care Needs of Adolescent Mothers

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Breheny ◽  
Christine Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Organisational Support ◽  
Professional Perspective

AbstractHealth care and health outcomes for adolescent mothers and their children may be a result of a complex interaction between socioeconomic, psychological, and familial factors. To examine a health professional perspective on the important issues in providing health care for adolescent mothers, transcripts of seventeen interviews with health professionals were analysed. Social support was considered an important aspect influencing the health of adolescent mothers and their children. This included family support, peer support and organisational support. Opportunities for health professionals to promote good social support for young mothers include role modelling supportive care and supporting adolescents' decision making, providing referrals to peer support groups, and understanding barriers to accessing organisational support. The best outcome for adolescent mothers is when their role as mother is supported by the family and wider support network.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF CONCEPT IN HIV / AIDS PATIENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-171
Author(s):  
Sri Sudarsih ◽  
Yusarief Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Goal ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytic Design ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Hiv Aids

A positive self-concept in people with HIV / AIDS is needed. This is because the various problems that occur in people with HIV / AIDS both physical and psychological problems. The concept of self has the role of helping the sufferer achieve his life goal, one way that can be used is through social support from. The purpose of this research is to know the relationship of social support with self concept of HIV / AIDS patient. Independent variable is social support and dependent variable that is self concept. The design of the study used correlation analytic design with cross sectional design. The sample is 26 respondents. The sampling technique uses non probability sampling type consecutive sampling. The instrument uses a questionnaire consisting of a questionnaire to measure social support and to measure self-concept. The Stabilistic Test uses the Fisher's Exact Test. Result of research got most respondent have social support that is 15 respondent (57,7%), most of respondent have positive self concept that is 16 respondent (61,5%). The result p (0,032) and α (0,05) which means there is relationship of social support with self concept in patient of HIV / AIDS. The higher the social support the more positive the self-concept, the lower the social support will produce negative self-concept. Counseling for families about social support for people with HIV / AIDS will increase family knowledge so it is expected to develop patient self-concept.    

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE CONSTRUCTS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND TRUST IN COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL COMMERCE ACTIVITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Amir Hidayatulloh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
The Social ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Individual

This study  aims  to  analyze  social  commerce  constructs, social  support,  and  individual  trust in the  community   in   social   commerce   activities.   Social   support   includes   emotional   support  and informational  support.  The population  was  social  media  users, while  the  samples were  social media users who had made purchase at least two transactions through social media. The sampling technique was convenience sampling. Totally, 162 respondents were involved. Hypothesis testing was  done using  Warp PLS. This study  reveals that individual  trust in  the community  can be built directly  through  the social  commerce  constructs. These  constructs affects both  emotional  support and information support, in which they will ultimately affect the individual trust in the community. Furthermore,  social  commerce  intention  is influenced  by  individual  trust in  the community  and emotional  support.  However,  information  support does not  affect  the social commerce  intention.

scholarly journals Insufficient social support for fathers of children with developmental disorders

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiori Ishida ◽  
Hiromi Okuno ◽  
Hisato Igarashi ◽  
Hiroko Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
External Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rehabilitation Facilities ◽  
Considerable Support

AbstractMany parents carry exceptional burdens in childcare, especially while raising children with developmental disabilities (DD). Japanese local governments provide considerable support to mothers and their families, which indicates that such services are in high demand. However, similar assistance for fathers in the context of children with DD may be lacking. This study evaluated the social support status of fathers raising children with DD towards considering increased paternal support. Multiple-choice questionnaires on support for information (6 items), emotion (7 items), evaluation (3 items), and daily living (3 items) were completed by Japanese fathers (n = 85) and mothers (n = 101) of children with DD attending rehabilitation facilities. Regarding information support, fathers answered “spouse” as the main provider for all items, which differed significantly from mothers. For emotional support, fathers significantly more frequently received assistance from their workplace and spouse. Daily living support was also significantly more predominant for fathers in the workplace. Evaluation support sources were comparable between the respondent groups, with “spouse” being most frequently answered by fathers. These findings indicate a deficiency in external resources for fathers and support a need to consider increasing non-spouse resources and social support for fathers in raising children with DD.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF CONCEPT IN HIV / AIDS PATIENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-171
Author(s):  
Sri Sudarsih ◽  
Yusarief Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Goal ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytic Design ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Hiv Aids

A positive self-concept in people with HIV / AIDS is needed. This is because the various problems that occur in people with HIV / AIDS both physical and psychological problems. The concept of self has the role of helping the sufferer achieve his life goal, one way that can be used is through social support from. The purpose of this research is to know the relationship of social support with self concept of HIV / AIDS patient. Independent variable is social support and dependent variable that is self concept. The design of the study used correlation analytic design with cross sectional design. The sample is 26 respondents. The sampling technique uses non probability sampling type consecutive sampling. The instrument uses a questionnaire consisting of a questionnaire to measure social support and to measure self-concept. The Stabilistic Test uses the Fisher's Exact Test. Result of research got most respondent have social support that is 15 respondent (57,7%), most of respondent have positive self concept that is 16 respondent (61,5%). The result p (0,032) and α (0,05) which means there is relationship of social support with self concept in patient of HIV / AIDS. The higher the social support the more positive the self-concept, the lower the social support will produce negative self-concept. Counseling for families about social support for people with HIV / AIDS will increase family knowledge so it is expected to develop patient self-concept.    

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