Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women
| dc.contributor.author | Brandt, Rene | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-11T08:37:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-11T08:37:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-11T08:35:50Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this article is to employ a qualitative research approach to explore whether the lives of poor HIV-infected South African women are predominated by chaos, loss and disruption. Five women were each interviewed three times over a six-month period. Data was analyzed using a narrative lens as well as the theory of illness narratives. The narratives revealed that some disruption was associated with women's initial diagnoses. However, they were typically not preoccupied with HIV unless they were actively ill and not receiving antiretroviral therapy, and even for these women, wellbeing shifted over time. Moreover, women had denial-based coping strategies that kept HIV and chaos marginalized. Competing narratives concerned with poverty were typically dominant and served as a constant through which women's experiences were filtered. The case studies suggest that both mental health services and poverty alleviation are important components of appropriate health care for poor HIV-infected women. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Brandt, R. (2008). <i>Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19578 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Brandt, Rene <i>Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19578 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Brandt, R. (2008). Is it All Chaos, Loss and Disruption?: The Narratives of Poor, HIV-infected South African Women. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Brandt, Rene AB - The purpose of this article is to employ a qualitative research approach to explore whether the lives of poor HIV-infected South African women are predominated by chaos, loss and disruption. Five women were each interviewed three times over a six-month period. Data was analyzed using a narrative lens as well as the theory of illness narratives. The narratives revealed that some disruption was associated with women's initial diagnoses. However, they were typically not preoccupied with HIV unless they were actively ill and not receiving antiretroviral therapy, and even for these women, wellbeing shifted over time. Moreover, women had denial-based coping strategies that kept HIV and chaos marginalized. Competing narratives concerned with poverty were typically dominant and served as a constant through which women's experiences were filtered. The case studies suggest that both mental health services and poverty alleviation are important components of appropriate health care for poor HIV-infected women. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women TI - Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19578 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19578 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Brandt R. Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women. 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19578 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Antiretroviral therapy | |
| dc.subject.other | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.subject.other | South African women | |
| dc.title | Is it all chaos, loss and disruption? The narratives of poor, HIV-infected South African women | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |