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"Living by the hoe" in the age of treatment: perceptions of household well-being after antiretroviral treatment among family members of persons with AIDS.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20162471     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper considers the effects of antiretroviral treatment on the households of person with AIDS in western Uganda. Interviews were carried out with 110 co-resident "treatment partners" of people receiving treatment. We discuss these family members' accounts of the impact of sickness, followed by treatment, on their household's livelihood, defined as the activities needed to obtain and process the resources required to sustain the households. The household's ability to muster labour for subsistence agriculture was of paramount concern when family members considered what treatment meant for the households. While they were very happy with the treatment, they said that households have not yet recovered from the shock of AIDS sicknesses.
Authors:
Amy Kaler; Arif Alibhai; Walter Kipp; Tom Rubaale; Joseph Konde-Lule
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  AIDS care     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1360-0451     ISO Abbreviation:  AIDS Care     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-21     Completed Date:  2010-08-18     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8915313     Medline TA:  AIDS Care     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  509-19     Citation Subset:  IM; X    
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. akaler@ualberta.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy*,  economics
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Agriculture*
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
Cost of Illness
Family / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Qualitative Research
Quality of Life*
Socioeconomic Factors
Uganda

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