Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Living as a single parent woman with HIV poses a variety of stigmas in the community. Purpose: This study aims to obtain a picture of stigma in single parent women with HIV positive. Methods: This research is a descriptive qualitative research with content analysis approach. Data collection techniques were carried out with in-depth interviews conducted on 13 participants. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. Data were analyzed with conventional content analysis techniques. Results: The results of the study formed 5 themes, namely: experiencing internal stigma, experiencing external stigma and discrimination, having children as the highest life motivator, experiencing excessive physical fatigue, and having problems in starting interactions with potential life partners new. Conclusion: Single parent women experience double stigma with status as single parent and HIV positive. Single parent women with HIV need more support, compared to other HIV women, because of the double stigma felt by participants. The family is the biggest support system for single parent women, the support and assistance of the family in all things feels very beneficial for participants.
Source: Jurnal Kesehatan Metro Sai Wawai
Authors: Dewi Damayanti, Rusmala Dewi
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2990327140