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Effects of HIV in daily life of women living with AIDS
Repercussões do HIV no cotidiano de mulheres vivendo com AIDS
Efectos del HIV en la vida diaria de mujeres viviendo con SIDA
Abstract Objective: Understand the impact of HIV in everyday life of women living with AIDS. Method: A qualitative study involving 11 women attending a center of information on STD/HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in a city in northeastern semiarid, with data collected by semi-structured interview and interprete... view more
Objective: Understand the impact of HIV in everyday life of women living with AIDS. Method: A qualitative study involving 11 women attending a center of information on STD/HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in a city in northeastern semiarid, with data collected by semi-structured interview and interpreted by content analysis. Results: It was evident that the everyday life of women with HIV/AIDS suffers repercussions in the sexuality, by the reduction in sexual relations, discoveries of new forms of pleasure by couple and increase in personal and social responsibility after diagnosis. Moreover, there was the emergence of negative and positive feelings and the search for ways of coping of disease. Conclusion: It is concluded the necessity and importance of nursing to direct health interventions for these women, demonstrating the possibilities of pleasure, satisfaction with life and living with the disease.... view less
Keywords
contagious disease; AIDS; sexuality; woman; caregiving; everyday life; satisfaction with life; social responsibility; nursing; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 1975-1986
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i1.1975-1986
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed