Living Day by Day: The Meaning of Living With HIV/AIDS Among Women in Lebanon

被引：8

作者：

Kaplan, Rachel L. ^{[1
]}

El Khoury, Cynthia ^{[2
]}

Field, Emily R. S. ^{[3
]}

Mokhbat, Jacques ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Bixby Ctr Global Reprod Hlth, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[2] Arab Fdn Freedoms & Equal, Beirut, Lebanon

[3] Great Lakes Intertribal Council, Lac Du Flambeau, WI USA

[4] Lebanese Amer Univ, Beirut, Lebanon

来源：

GLOBAL QUALITATIVE NURSING RESEARCH | 2016年 / 3卷

关键词：

Middle East; Middle Eastern people; HIV/AIDS; women's health; illness and disease; social construction; stigma;

D O I：

10.1177/2333393616650082

中图分类号：

R47 [护理学];

学科分类号：

1011 ;

摘要：

We examined the meaning of living with HIV/AIDS among women in Lebanon. Ten women living with HIV/AIDS (WLWHA) described their experiences via semistructured in-depth interviews. They navigated a process of HIV diagnosis acceptance that incorporated six overlapping elements: receiving the news, accessing care, starting treatment, navigating disclosure decisions, negotiating stigma, and maintaining stability. Through these elements, we provide a framework for understanding three major themes that were constructed during data analysis: Stand by my side: Decisions of disclosure; Being "sick" and feeling "normal": Interacting with self, others, and society; and Living day by day: focusing on the present. We contribute to the existing literature by providing a theoretical framework for understanding the process of diagnosis and sero-status acceptance among WLWHA. This was the first study of its kind to examine the meaning of living with HIV/AIDS among women in a Middle Eastern country.

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