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Poverty and sickness among women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural models of managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Poverty and sickness among women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural models of managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment./
Author:	Copeland, Toni J.
Description:	349 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-08, Section: A, page: 3068.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-08A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Medical and Forensic. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3371416
ISBN:	9781109350623

Poverty and sickness among women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural models of managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment.
Copeland, Toni J.

Poverty and sickness among women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural models of managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment. - 349 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-08, Section: A, page: 3068.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alabama, 2008.

The purpose of this project was to investigate the consequence of cultural and social change associated with urban migration on HIV-positive women in Nairobi, Kenya, by examining knowledge of self-managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment among poverty-stricken women. I predicted that recent migrants would have lower competence in the cultural model than women who have lived there longer, which negatively impacts health.

ISBN: 9781109350623Subjects--Topical Terms:

1020279
Anthropology, Medical and Forensic.

Poverty and sickness among women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural models of managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment.
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520 $a The purpose of this project was to investigate the consequence of cultural and social change associated with urban migration on HIV-positive women in Nairobi, Kenya, by examining knowledge of self-managing HIV/AIDS in the absence of biomedical treatment among poverty-stricken women. I predicted that recent migrants would have lower competence in the cultural model than women who have lived there longer, which negatively impacts health.
520 $a In order to access poor HIV-positive women living in Nairobi, I worked with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide various services for them. One hundred seventy-seven women who have been in the urban center for varied lengths of time and who have been diagnosed as HIV-positive were interviewed. Interviews focused on determining the elements of the cultural domain, how those elements were grouped, and the importance of each in the lives of women. Cultural consensus analysis was used to observe variation in knowledge of the cultural model among the women in the sample. Also, the length of time women have lived in the city was used in a regression model as a predictor of cultural competence. Knowledge of the model was also used as a predictor of health outcomes as measured by perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and recent illnesses.
520 $a Furthermore, social supporters and family life were investigated among women in the sample. The people or organizations appropriate as supporters for HIV-positive women to turn to for help with specific problems they face in dealing with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi was ascertained. Women reported not being able to turn to extended or even immediate family for help, but rather to organizations.
520 $a The results of this study contribute to an understanding of how women living in extreme poverty manage HIV/AIDS, how knowledge of these resources is distributed, and what factors influence knowledge, in addition to the health consequences of varying degrees of knowledge. This project aimed to understand HIV/AIDS from a holistic, biocultural, anthropological perspective without ignoring political and economic constraints or sociocultural change.
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