scholarly journals Involving young people in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia

Author(s):  
Eka Esu-Williams ◽  
Katie Schenk ◽  
Joseph Motsepe ◽  
Scott Geibel ◽  
Anderson Zulu
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (33) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Luciária Silva Souza ◽  
Naiane Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Pollyanna Viana Lima ◽  
Isnara Teixeira Brito Melo ◽  
Alessandra Souza de Oliveira ◽  
...  

O presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar a funcionalidade familiar em pessoas idosas convivendo com HIV/AIDS. Trata-se de um estudo de caráter exploratório, descritivo com abordagem quanti-qualitativa, desenvolvida em um Centro de Atenção e Apoio especializado de referência em atendimento para pessoas convivendo com IST’s e HIV/AIDS em um município baiano com 26 pessoas idosos. Utilizou-se roteiro semi-estruturado para entrevista e questionário com dados sociodemográficos e de saúde e o Apgar da família, para avaliação da funcionalidade familiar. Verificou-se no estudo que a maior parte das pessoas idosas diagnosticadas com HIV/AIDS deste estudo convivem em uma família disfuncional grave (34,61%), o que corrobora para que a grande maioria dos idosos mantenham em sigilo o diagnóstico da doença para o seu núcleo familiar, outros convivem com a estigmatização o isolamento e o preconceito. Conclui-se que os idosos convivem em uma família disfuncional grave, com repercussões negativas para o enfretamento da doença.Descritores: Idoso, Funcionalidade Familiar, HIV, AIDS. Assessment of family functionality in elderly people living with HIV/AIDSAbstract: This article aims to identify family functionality in elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative and qualitative approach, developed in a specialized Care and Support Center of reference in care for people living with STIs and HIV/AIDS in a municipality in Bahia with 26 elderly people. A semi-structured script was used for the interview and questionnaire with sociodemographic and health data and the family Apgar, to assess family functionality. It was found in the study that most elderly people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in this study live in a severe dysfunctional family (34.61%), which corroborates that the vast majority of the elderly keep the diagnosis of the disease confidential. their family nucleus, others live with stigmatization, isolation and prejudice. It is concluded that the elderly live in a severe dysfunctional family, with negative repercussions for coping with the disease.Descriptors: Elderly, Family Functionality, HIV, AIDS. Evaluación de la funcionalidad familiar en personas mayores que viven con VIH/SIDAResumen: Este artículo tiene como objetivo identificar la funcionalidad familiar en personas mayores que viven con VIH / SIDA. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo, desarrollado en un Centro de Atención y Apoyo especializado de referencia en la atención a personas viviendo con ITS y VIH / SIDA en un municipio de Bahía con 26 ancianos. Se utilizó un guión semiestructurado para la entrevista y cuestionario con datos sociodemográficos y de salud y el Apgar familiar, para evaluar la funcionalidad familiar. En el estudio se encontró que la mayoría de las personas mayores diagnosticadas con VIH / SIDA en este estudio viven en una familia disfuncional severa (34,61%), lo que corrobora que la gran mayoría de las personas mayores mantienen confidencial el diagnóstico de la enfermedad. su núcleo familiar, otros viven con estigmatización, aislamiento y prejuicio. Se concluye que los ancianos viven en una familia severamente disfuncional, con repercusiones negativas para el afrontamiento de la enfermedad.Descriptores: Anciano, Funcionalidad Familiar, VIH, SIDA.


2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A217.1-A217
Author(s):  
CMD Florêncio ◽  
HO Alexandre ◽  
ICV Lima ◽  
VF Santos ◽  
MTG Galvão ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Timilsina ◽  
K Regmi

Introduction: Assessing the health related quality of life (HQoL) and depression in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive people and TB-HIV co infected people is of extreme importance in designing strategies and implementing interventional programs on treatment care and support to People living with HIV and AIDS. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among People living with HIV/AIDS and TB-HIV Co infection from July to December 2011 at care and support canters in Kathmandu, Nepal. The list HIV care and Support centre registered at Kathmandu were selected using the lottery proportionately to meet the sample size of 154. The method of data collection was summarized in the World Health Organization’s questionnaire for Health related Quality of life and Beck Depression Inventory Scale II for depression. Data was collected using verbal information of respondents, entered on Epi Data version3.4.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. Results: TB-HIV co infected people had lower quality of life in all domains compared to HIV/AIDS infected people. The prevalence of depression was found higher in TB-HIV co infected people than HIV/AIDS group. CD4 count, educational status, occupation, ethnicity, family size and depression were statistically significant with the QoL domains. Among co infected patients, depression was 3.86 times more likely to influence QoL while adjusted odds ratio was 4.21 times higher. Conclusion: The TB control program should design strategies to improve the quality of life of TB-HIV co infected people and depression should be targeted as an intervention to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV with or without TB.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/saarctb.v11i2.12428SAARC J TUBER LUNG DIS HIV/AIDS, 2014;XI(2) Page: 7-14   


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn DeJong

There are currently more than 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally, and in 1999 5.3 million individuals were newly infected with the virus. AIDS activities initiated by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been highly influential on thinking and strategies found within the HIV/AIDS sector. Yet NGOs often experience particular difficulties in increasing the scale of their activities to reach larger numbers of people, to have an impact at levels higher than the community, and to address the broader social determinants of HIV/AIDS. Perceiving the urgent need for NGOs to expand the scale of their activities in the face of an escalating epidemic, Horizons and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance launched an initiative to examine the nature of the challenge to scale up in the context of HIV/AIDS internationally. This publication was prepared as part of this initiative and addresses the specific challenge of deliberately increasing the scale of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support programs in developing countries.


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