Sources of Social Capital for Malawi People Living With HIV

Bibliographic Data

ID15736859
AuthorsSally H Rankin (University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), SoSon Jong (University of California, San Francisco), Schola N Matovu (0000-0001-7799-6529, University of California, San Francisco), Schola Matovu (University of California, San Francisco, California, USA), Sharon L Youmans (0000-0001-5855-6843, University of California, San Francisco), Sharon Youmans (University of California, San Francisco, California, USA), Teri Lindgren (0000-0002-1692-2654, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Year2016
Volume3
Pages2333393616676432-2333393616676432
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2333393616676432
PMID28462349
OpenAlexW2549885421
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

With one of the highest rates of poverty and HIV in the world, Malawi faith-based organizations (FBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based organizations (CBOs) are expected to provide tangible and emotional support to people living with HIV (PLWH). Using Lin's social capital theoretical approach, we examine the perspective of PLWH regarding the adequacy of support responses. Forty-six rural Malawi HIV+ adults provided interviews that were recorded digitally, translated, and transcribed by Malawi research assistants. Atlas.ti was used to organize the data and to aid in the analytic process. Participants expressed disappointment in the lack of resources that could be accessed through the FBOs although their expectations may have been unrealistic. Outcomes from accessing and mobilizing the FBO network were negative in terms of stigmatization by FBO leaders and members, whereas outcomes related to CBOs and NGOs were generally positive in terms of empowerment through HIV information and attendance at support groups

Attendance · Disappointment · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Faith · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Poverty · Social capital · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology