Moments of Truth

The Experiences of Wives in HIV/Aids Affected Nuclear Households in Mumbai

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2993337
AutoresPremilla D’cruz (0000-0002-5232-3122, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, P.O. REC Calicut, Calicut, 673 601 Kerala, India, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas255-281
Fecha de publicación2003-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.34.2.255
OpenAlexW2183254165
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas9

A study examining the impact of HIV/AlDS on nuclear households was undertaken in Mumbai, India. Data were collected through in-depth, individual interviews with both spouses in 7 households, the households being selected through purposive sampling. Qualitative analysis was done, through which core themes, major themes, and sub-themes and their linkages were identified. The experiences of wives, some of whom were seropositive, emerged as a significant component of the findings. Moments of truth emerged as the organizing/core theme around which these experiences could be understood. The major themes included hearing the seropositive diagnosis, redefining the marital relationship, being in charge, becoming a caregiver, facing the extended family, planning the future and discovering hidden strengths. Besides bringing out the complexity of the womens' experiences, the findings stressed the need and urgency for gender-sensitive intervention programmes

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Intervention (counseling) · Nonprobability sampling · Nuclear family · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Demography · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics