Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With AIDS A Qualitative Study From an Urban Area in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Tarimo, Edith A.M
dc.contributor.author Kohi, Thecla W
dc.contributor.author Outwater, Anne
dc.contributor.author Blystard, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned 2013-12-09T22:08:08Z
dc.date.available 2013-12-09T22:08:08Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.citation Tarimo, Edith AM, et al. "Gender roles and informal care for patients with AIDS a qualitative study from an urban area in Tanzania." Journal of Transcultural Nursing 20.1 (2009): 61-68. en_GB
dc.identifier.other doi: 10.1177/1043659608325843
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1374
dc.description.abstract As HIV/AIDS imposes an overwhelming pressure on the capacity of an already overburdened health care system in many African countries, families have increasingly been noted to supplement hospital care services for patients with AIDS. The aim of the present study is to generate knowledge on the experiences of family caregivers to the patients with AIDS at the household level in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 20 family caregivers and were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The article provides the reader increased insight on the obligations that AIDS caregiving has imposed on women within the close kin group of the patient. The study indicates that caregiving has increased the workload and in the same vein the economic marginality of women, who themselves are increasingly widowed heads of households. The study findings demonstrate strong gendered implications for community and policy makers. en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship NORAD and MUHAS en_GB
dc.language.iso en en_GB
dc.publisher SAGE en_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseries J Transcult Nur;vol. 20 no. 1 61-68
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en_GB
dc.subject women en_GB
dc.subject informal care en_GB
dc.subject caregiving en_GB
dc.subject Tanzania en_GB
dc.title Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With AIDS A Qualitative Study From an Urban Area in Tanzania en_GB
dc.type Article en_GB


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