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Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With AIDSA Qualitative Study From an Urban Area in TanzaniaMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
University of Bergen As HIV/AIDS imposes an overwhelming pressure on the capacity of an already overburdened health care system in many African countries, families have increasingly been noted to supplement hospital care services for patients with AIDS. The aim of the present study is to generate knowledge on the experiences of family caregivers to the patients with AIDS at the household level in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 20 family caregivers and were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The article provides the reader increased insight on the obligations that AIDS caregiving has imposed on women within the close kin group of the patient. The study indicates that caregiving has increased the workload and in the same vein the economic marginality of women, who themselves are increasingly widowed heads of households. The study findings demonstrate strong gendered implications for community and policy makers.
Key Words: HIV/AIDS • women • informal care • caregiving • Tanzania
This version was published on January
1, 2009 Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 20, No. 1,
61-68 (2009) |
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