South Asian immigrant women’s suggestions for culturally-tailored HIV education and prevention programs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12554246
AutoresRoula Kteily-Hawa (0000-0001-5581-0017, Queen's University, autor de correspondencia), Roula N Hawa (Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada), Angela Underhill (0000-0002-5427-4862, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada), Carmen H Logie (0000-0002-8035-433X, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada), Shazia Islam (Alliance for South Asian HIV/AIDS Prevention, Toronto, Canada), Mona Loutfy (0000-0001-7887-8997, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada)
Año2017
Volumen24
Número8
Páginas945-959
Fecha de publicación2017-09-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnicity and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1355-7858 • E-ISSN: 1465-3419
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13557858.2017.1378806
PMID28922011
OpenAlexW2754594960
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas15

Using a community-based, socialist feminist qualitative study, and an emergent research design, we explored the unique individual experiences of South Asian immigrant women living with HIV in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Ontario, Canada. We assessed both the HIV risk context and the strategies for HIV education and prevention as expressed by study participants. Grounded in Connell's social theory of gender, a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 12 women yielded six themes related to the power and impact of stigmatization, community's denial of HIV, infidelity, manifested in resistance to discussing sex and condom use, non-disclosure, and lack of HIV knowledge. This study validated the legitimacy of listening to the voices of South Asian immigrant women living with HIV, who communicated 20 recommendations for researchers, educators, community organizations, and service providers to culturally-tailor HIV education programs

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