Living with HIV: Women's experience in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Our study aimed at studying HIV-infected women's experience with sharing serostatus with their partner and their group support. A survey was carried out among 79 seropositive women involved in a therapeutic trial in Bobo-Dioulasso, following freely consented prenatal HIV testing. The study reve...

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Published in:AIDS care 2001-02, Vol.13 (1), p.123-128
Main Authors: Issiaka, S., Cartoux, M., Ky-Zerbo, O., Tiendrebéogo, S., Meda, N., Dabis, F., Perre, P. Van de
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS Serodiagnosis - psychology
AIDS/HIV
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso - epidemiology
Contact Tracing
Culture
Families & family life
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HIV
HIV Seropositivity - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Nongovernmental Organizations
Personal experiences
Pregnancy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self Disclosure
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Social Support
Society
Spouses - ethnology
Spouses - psychology
Tropical medicine
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Women
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Summary:Our study aimed at studying HIV-infected women's experience with sharing serostatus with their partner and their group support. A survey was carried out among 79 seropositive women involved in a therapeutic trial in Bobo-Dioulasso, following freely consented prenatal HIV testing. The study revealed that women are reluctant to inform their partners and fear being stigmatized by relatives and friends. The major concern reported was health consequences and most women wished to receive care. The non-governmental organizations supporting people living with HIV were not known by these women, but providing this information raised a high interest and many women considered joining them soon and getting themselves involved. These community-based organizations, lead by qualified and highly motivated volunteers, could facilitate a better social integration of HIV infected women in Burkina Faso.
ISSN:0954-0121
1360-0451
DOI:10.1080/09540120020018224