On the road to HIV/AIDS competence in the household: Building a health-enabling environment for people living with HIV/AIDS

dc.contributor.authorMasquillier, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorWouters, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-09T12:33:56Z
dc.date.available2021-09-09T12:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWhen aiming to provide chronic disease care within the context of human resource shortages, we should not only consider the responsibility of the individual person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) but also the capacity of the social environment to actively encourage a lifestyle that fosters health. In this social environment, extensive efforts are thus required to increase HIV/AIDS knowledge, reduce stigma, stimulate HIV testing, improve health care-seeking behavior, and encourage safe sexual practices—described in the literature as the need for AIDS competence. In accordance with socio-ecological theory, one cannot restrict the research focus to communities, as AIDS competence studies should also incorporate the intermediate household level. In responding to this research need, the aim of this article is to conceptualize an “HIV/AIDS competent household” based on qualitative interviews and focus group discussions conducted in a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Our results show that a household’s supportive response to disclosure allows a patient to live openly as HIV positive in the household concerned.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMasquillier, C. et al. (2015). On the road to HIV/AIDS competence in the household: Building a health-enabling environment for people living with HIV/AIDS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,12, 3264-3292. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120303264en_US
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120303264
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6636
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMPDIen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectHousehold supporten_US
dc.subjectTreatment adherenceen_US
dc.subjectHealth-enabling environmenten_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS competenceen_US
dc.titleOn the road to HIV/AIDS competence in the household: Building a health-enabling environment for people living with HIV/AIDSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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