The experiences of caregivers looking after a child living with HIV and AIDS in rural Malawi
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine how caregivers manage their day-to-day living \nand health care needs, care for themselves and their sick children with HIV and AIDS \nin rural Malawi. The study used a longitudinal descriptive qualitative research design, \nusing the “lens” of a narrative analysis theoretical framework to explore the \nexperiences of caregivers looking after a child living with HIV and AIDS in rural \nMalawi. In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with women caregivers (n=20) recruited from \nMponela Rural Hospital catchment area were conducted and all twenty women \ncaregivers participated in in-depth interviews. Direct Observations (DOs) of the \nenvironment where interviews were conducted and at a local rural hospital were used \nto explore the primary care and support available for these women caregivers and \ntheir children. Data were analysed manually using the thematic analysis of the \nnarrative accounts , combined with a detailed narrative analysis of one carers \nexperiences to better understand how women constructed their stories in their own \nparticular cultural context. A summary of the narrative analysis accounts of the rest of \nthe 19 participants has been done to exemplify the main key issues each one of them \nhad told in her story of caring for a child living with HIV and AIDS. R
Author: Mandayachepa Chriford Nyando
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Oxford
OpenAlex ID: W1505706630