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Exploring Resilience Among Black Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: Black women living with HIV (WLWH) face individual and sociostructural challenges. Despite these challenges, many exemplify remarkable levels of resilience and coping. Yet, research on resilience and coping in this population is limited. Twenty Black WLWH in the Southern United States completed semi-structured interviews that explored challenges facing WLWH. We identified six themes related to resilience and coping: self-acceptance, disclosure, self-compassion, social support, will to live, and service. Of these, social support was a driving protective element and an essential component to building and sustaining resilience and coping. Women who experienced positive support often expressed a will to live as well as a desire to support other WLWH. Resilience and social support were characterized by patterns of reciprocity, in that they were mutually sustaining, stabilizing, and strengthening.

Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000311

Authors: Amie Koch, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Donald E. Bailey, Courtney Ellis Caiola, Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, Ragan Johnson, Kara McGee, Jacquelyn M. McMillian-Bohler, Schenita D. Randolph, Michael V. Relf

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Duke Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Resilience and Mental Health

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Center for AIDS Research, Duke University, Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Center for Adaptive Leadership in Symptom Science, G1101234072, G1324223937, G2932548961, Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH EQUITY), The UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program, G5900455136, Social support to retain adolescents living with HIV in care and improve ART adherence, G79987432, G9000250626, The University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research, Center for AIDS Research, G980529913

OpenAlex ID: W3209181237

FWCI: 2.213

Cites: 45

Cited by: 19

Related to: 10