Jennifer M Levy
Biographic Data
| ID | 102419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer M Levy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer M |
| FAMILY NAME | Levy |
| SIGNATURE | LEVY J M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women's expectations of treatment and care after an antenatal HIV diagnosis in Lilongwe, Malawi
Women in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly learning their HIV status in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes in the context of antenatal care. This paper examines women's decisions about HIV testing and their experience of PMTCT and HIV-related care in one clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. It is based on qualitative, ethnographic research conducted in 2004 and 2005, including interviews and focus group discussions with…
Living Positively
Therapeutic interventions to address HIV in Africa mean that individuals are increasingly diagnosed with HIV prior to severe health crisis. This paper contributes to the anthropological literature on living with HIV by focusing on the creation and use of narrative and practical strategies for addressing HIV in a setting where such experiences have to date received little attention. Specifically, focus is on the discursive strategy of ‘living posi…
Narrative and Experience
Narratives of illness have a central role in medical anthropology and have the illuminated the personal and social experience of suffering. Problematizing the relationship between narrative and experience, narrative is viewed not simply as a reflection of experience. Illness narratives are seen as intersubjective products that create meaning and coherence in an otherwise fractured life. Moreover, narratives are not simply about what was, or what …
Living Positively
Therapeutic interventions to address HIV in Africa mean that individuals are increasingly diagnosed with HIV prior to severe health crisis. This paper contributes to the anthropological literature on living with HIV by focusing on the creation and use of narrative and practical strategies for addressing HIV in a setting where such experiences have to date received little attention. Specifically, focus is on the discursive strategy of ‘living posi…
Narrative and Experience
Narratives of illness have a central role in medical anthropology and have the illuminated the personal and social experience of suffering. Problematizing the relationship between narrative and experience, narrative is viewed not simply as a reflection of experience. Illness narratives are seen as intersubjective products that create meaning and coherence in an otherwise fractured life. Moreover, narratives are not simply about what was, or what …
Narrative and Experience
Narratives of illness have a central role in medical anthropology and have the illuminated the personal and social experience of suffering. Problematizing the relationship between narrative and experience, narrative is viewed not simply as a reflection of experience. Illness narratives are seen as intersubjective products that create meaning and coherence in an otherwise fractured life. Moreover, narratives are not simply about what was, or what …
Living Positively
Therapeutic interventions to address HIV in Africa mean that individuals are increasingly diagnosed with HIV prior to severe health crisis. This paper contributes to the anthropological literature on living with HIV by focusing on the creation and use of narrative and practical strategies for addressing HIV in a setting where such experiences have to date received little attention. Specifically, focus is on the discursive strategy of ‘living posi…
Women's expectations of treatment and care after an antenatal HIV diagnosis in Lilongwe, Malawi
Women in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly learning their HIV status in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes in the context of antenatal care. This paper examines women's decisions about HIV testing and their experience of PMTCT and HIV-related care in one clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. It is based on qualitative, ethnographic research conducted in 2004 and 2005, including interviews and focus group discussions with…
Economic growth (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Developing country (1 works) · Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research (1 works)