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dc.contributor.authorOsafo, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorKnizek, Birthe Loa
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, James
dc.contributor.authorKinyanda, Eugene
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-03T11:42:11Z
dc.date.available2017-10-03T11:42:11Z
dc.date.created2017-09-13T10:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1744-8603
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2458054
dc.description.abstractBackground Home-based care for HIV patients is popular in contexts severely affected by the epidemic and exacts a heavy toll on caregivers. This study aimed at understanding the experiences of caregivers and their survival strategies. Methods A total of 18 caregivers (3 males and 15 females) were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide, and thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results Analysis suggests that the caregivers are burdened with insecure provisions for food and difficulties in accessing health care. They however survived these strains through managing their relationships, sharing burden with care-recipients, social networks and instrumental spirituality. These findings are discussed under two major themes: 1). Labour of caregiving and 2). Survivalism. Conclusions Home-based care presents huge opportunities for community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in African settings. It is however burdensome and thus should not be left for families alone to shoulder. There is therefore an urgent need for protecting home-based care for HIV children in Uganda. Implications for improving and strengthening social interventions in home-based care of HIV/AIDS in the Ugandan context are addressed.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleThe experiences of caregivers of children living with HIV and AIDS in Uganda: a qualitative studynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.journalGlobalization and Healthnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12992-017-0294-9
dc.identifier.cristin1493217
dc.description.localcode© The Author(s). 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link tothe Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,68,30,10
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for anvendt sosialvitenskap
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