Margaret Kyakuwa
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 75280 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Margaret Kyakuwa |
| PRENOMES | Margaret |
| SOBRENOME | Kyakuwa |
| ASSINATURA | KYAKUWA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Concealment tactics among HIV-positive nurses in Uganda
This paper is based on two-and-a-half years of ethnographic fieldwork in two rural Ugandan health centres during a period of ART scale-up. Around one-third of the nurses in these two sites were themselves HIV-positive but most concealed their status. We describe how a group of HIV-positive nurses set up a secret circle to talk about their predicament as HIV-positive healthcare professionals and how they developed innovative care technologies to o…
The Adopted Children of ART
The implementation of the greater involvement of people living with HIV (GIPA) principle in Ugandan AIDS care is described by focusing on the engagement of expert clients in two rural health centers during a time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up. We contrast how the expert clients help overburdened nurses to manage the well-attended ART programs in the public and in the nongovernmental organization clinic. They are unpaid, but acquire pre…
More Hands in Complex ART Delivery? Experiences from the Expert Clients Initiative in Rural Uganda
This paper aims to analytically describe the experiences and outcomes of involving peopleliving with HIV/AIDS in clinical care of HIV/AIDS within the healthcare clinic in a poorlyresourced setting. With HIV/AIDS treatment finally available in poorly resourced settings,there was huge number of people in need of clinical care. As a result, professional health workersbecame overwhelmed by the demand for treatment and care. Consequently, this called …
Ethnographic experiences of HIV-positive nurses in managing stigma at a clinic in rural Uganda
This paper explores the workplace experiences of HIV-positive nurses and their attempts to manage HIV/AIDS stigma. An HIV diagnosis can have a major impact on an individual's psychological and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, caring for those suffering from chronic HIV-related illnesses comes with additional stress, which makes providing care more complex. Stigma-reduction and assisting with psychosocial support and wellbeing is an integral part of…
Alternative medicines for Aids in resource-poor settings
The emergence of alternative medicines for AIDS in Asia and Africa was discussed at a satellite symposium and the parallel session on alternative and traditional treatments of the AIDSImpact meeting, held in Marseille, in July 2007. These medicines are heterogeneous, both in their presentation and in their geographic and cultural origin. The sessions focused on the role of these medications in selected resource poor settings in Africa and Asia no…
The Adopted Children of ART
The implementation of the greater involvement of people living with HIV (GIPA) principle in Ugandan AIDS care is described by focusing on the engagement of expert clients in two rural health centers during a time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up. We contrast how the expert clients help overburdened nurses to manage the well-attended ART programs in the public and in the nongovernmental organization clinic. They are unpaid, but acquire pre…
Alternative medicines for Aids in resource-poor settings
The emergence of alternative medicines for AIDS in Asia and Africa was discussed at a satellite symposium and the parallel session on alternative and traditional treatments of the AIDSImpact meeting, held in Marseille, in July 2007. These medicines are heterogeneous, both in their presentation and in their geographic and cultural origin. The sessions focused on the role of these medications in selected resource poor settings in Africa and Asia no…
Alternative medicines for Aids in resource-poor settings
The emergence of alternative medicines for AIDS in Asia and Africa was discussed at a satellite symposium and the parallel session on alternative and traditional treatments of the AIDSImpact meeting, held in Marseille, in July 2007. These medicines are heterogeneous, both in their presentation and in their geographic and cultural origin. The sessions focused on the role of these medications in selected resource poor settings in Africa and Asia no…
More Hands in Complex ART Delivery? Experiences from the Expert Clients Initiative in Rural Uganda
This paper aims to analytically describe the experiences and outcomes of involving peopleliving with HIV/AIDS in clinical care of HIV/AIDS within the healthcare clinic in a poorlyresourced setting. With HIV/AIDS treatment finally available in poorly resourced settings,there was huge number of people in need of clinical care. As a result, professional health workersbecame overwhelmed by the demand for treatment and care. Consequently, this called …
Ethnographic experiences of HIV-positive nurses in managing stigma at a clinic in rural Uganda
This paper explores the workplace experiences of HIV-positive nurses and their attempts to manage HIV/AIDS stigma. An HIV diagnosis can have a major impact on an individual's psychological and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, caring for those suffering from chronic HIV-related illnesses comes with additional stress, which makes providing care more complex. Stigma-reduction and assisting with psychosocial support and wellbeing is an integral part of…
Concealment tactics among HIV-positive nurses in Uganda
This paper is based on two-and-a-half years of ethnographic fieldwork in two rural Ugandan health centres during a period of ART scale-up. Around one-third of the nurses in these two sites were themselves HIV-positive but most concealed their status. We describe how a group of HIV-positive nurses set up a secret circle to talk about their predicament as HIV-positive healthcare professionals and how they developed innovative care technologies to o…
The Adopted Children of ART
The implementation of the greater involvement of people living with HIV (GIPA) principle in Ugandan AIDS care is described by focusing on the engagement of expert clients in two rural health centers during a time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up. We contrast how the expert clients help overburdened nurses to manage the well-attended ART programs in the public and in the nongovernmental organization clinic. They are unpaid, but acquire pre…
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Family medicine (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Health care (3 obras) · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (3 obras) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Antiretroviral therapy (2 obras) · Health professionals (2 obras)