Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART?
| dc.contributor.author | Brandt, René | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-26T13:08:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-26T13:08:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-26T13:07:14Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper reviews the available evidence regarding the relationship between HIV/AIDS, poverty, gender and mental health in order to address the question of whether mental health has any relevance for poor, HIV infected women and mothers in the era of HAART. Evidence points convincingly to the growing feminisation of the epidemic as well as the differential social and economic impact of HIV on women in general, and women in developing countries in particular. Further, HIV and poverty, both of which will be shown to be influenced by gender dynamics, independently contribute to elevated risk for poor mental health. It is argued that even with the advent of antiretroviral therapy, which has not been shown unequivocally to ameliorate poor psychological adjustment, mental health concerns remain relevant and significant for HIV infected women living in poverty. Further, this renders the relative neglect of mental health in the context of HIV/AIDS an important omission on the part of policymakers and service providers alike. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Brandt, R. (2006). <i>Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19237 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Brandt, René <i>Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19237 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Brandt, R. (2006). Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women: mothers in the era of HAART. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Brandt, René AB - This paper reviews the available evidence regarding the relationship between HIV/AIDS, poverty, gender and mental health in order to address the question of whether mental health has any relevance for poor, HIV infected women and mothers in the era of HAART. Evidence points convincingly to the growing feminisation of the epidemic as well as the differential social and economic impact of HIV on women in general, and women in developing countries in particular. Further, HIV and poverty, both of which will be shown to be influenced by gender dynamics, independently contribute to elevated risk for poor mental health. It is argued that even with the advent of antiretroviral therapy, which has not been shown unequivocally to ameliorate poor psychological adjustment, mental health concerns remain relevant and significant for HIV infected women living in poverty. Further, this renders the relative neglect of mental health in the context of HIV/AIDS an important omission on the part of policymakers and service providers alike. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART? TI - Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19237 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19237 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Brandt R. Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART?. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19237 | 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 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Does mental health matter for poor, HIV-infected women/mothers in the era of HAART? | 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 |