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Need analysis for AIDS-related bereavement counselling programmes to assist women affected by HIV/AIDS - an indonesian perspectiveDamar, Alita P. 30 September 2008 (has links)
AIDS-related bereavement counselling programmes / The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a need for specific
bereavement counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS in Indonesia,
where death is believed to be fated.
Six AIDS-bereaved women were recruited. Data analysis was conducted based on the
women's interview transcripts and journal entries.
The women experienced at least three traumatic life events. The most challenging
experience was learning that they have contracted a disease they knew to be mostly
associated with prostitution. Given the short lapse of time between their husbands'
deaths and learning about their seropositivity, biographical disruption appeared to
have acted as an "analgesic", while concerns to protect their children seemed to have
triggered biographical reinforcement. This phenomenon may have brought about a
positive bereavement outcome.
Specific counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS are needed, but
emphasis should first be placed on improving their wellbeing and their perception of
stigma. / Sociology / M.A. (Sociology (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS))
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HIV, AIDS and gender issues in Indonesia : implications for policy : an application of complexity theoryDamar, Alita P. 08 1900 (has links)
The aim of the study was to offer solutions for the enhancement of Indonesia’s HIV
and AIDS policy and to suggest future possibilities. In the process, the gendered
nature of the epidemic was explored. In light of the relatively lower rates of
employment among Indonesian women, this study also sought to gain insights into
the possible reasons for many women appearing to be attached to domesticity.
In the first phase of the study, interviews with stakeholders in HIV and AIDS
prevention were conducted, followed by a Delphi exercise involving 23 HIV and
AIDS experts. In the second phase, 28 women from various ethnicities were
interviewed, including those in polygamous and contract marriages. The overall
results were interpreted through the lens of complexity theory.
Fewer than half of the proposed objectives were approved by the experts in the
Delphi round. These were interventions mainly aimed at the risk groups while most
objectives relating to education about HIV and AIDS and safer sex for the general
public failed to obtain consensus. Reasons for the lack of consensus were
differences in perceptions associated with human rights, moral reasoning, the
unfeasibility of certain statements and personal conviction about the control of the epidemic. Emphasis on men’s and women’s innate characteristics; men’s role as
breadwinner; women’s primary role as wife, mother and educator of their children;
and unplanned pregnancies emerged as major themes from the qualitative phase.
While the adat and Islam revival movements may have endorsed the ideals of the
New Order state ideology, Javanese rituals regarded as violating Islam teachings
were abandoned. Ignorance about safer sex and HIV and AIDS was also established. Interpretation of the results through the lens of complexity theory revealed that the
national HIV and AIDS policy needs to encompass interventions for the general
population, which would include comprehensive sex education in schools and
media campaigns focusing on women. It was found that women’s vulnerability to
HIV and their penchant for domesticity appear to be associated with their
perceived primary role as wife and mother, as promoted by the adat-based New Order state ideology. / Sociology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Sociology)
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HIV, AIDS and gender issues in Indonesia : implications for policy : an application of complexity theoryDamar, Alita P. 08 1900 (has links)
The aim of the study was to offer solutions for the enhancement of Indonesia’s HIV
and AIDS policy and to suggest future possibilities. In the process, the gendered
nature of the epidemic was explored. In light of the relatively lower rates of
employment among Indonesian women, this study also sought to gain insights into
the possible reasons for many women appearing to be attached to domesticity.
In the first phase of the study, interviews with stakeholders in HIV and AIDS
prevention were conducted, followed by a Delphi exercise involving 23 HIV and
AIDS experts. In the second phase, 28 women from various ethnicities were
interviewed, including those in polygamous and contract marriages. The overall
results were interpreted through the lens of complexity theory.
Fewer than half of the proposed objectives were approved by the experts in the
Delphi round. These were interventions mainly aimed at the risk groups while most
objectives relating to education about HIV and AIDS and safer sex for the general
public failed to obtain consensus. Reasons for the lack of consensus were
differences in perceptions associated with human rights, moral reasoning, the
unfeasibility of certain statements and personal conviction about the control of the epidemic. Emphasis on men’s and women’s innate characteristics; men’s role as
breadwinner; women’s primary role as wife, mother and educator of their children;
and unplanned pregnancies emerged as major themes from the qualitative phase.
While the adat and Islam revival movements may have endorsed the ideals of the
New Order state ideology, Javanese rituals regarded as violating Islam teachings
were abandoned. Ignorance about safer sex and HIV and AIDS was also established. Interpretation of the results through the lens of complexity theory revealed that the
national HIV and AIDS policy needs to encompass interventions for the general
population, which would include comprehensive sex education in schools and
media campaigns focusing on women. It was found that women’s vulnerability to
HIV and their penchant for domesticity appear to be associated with their
perceived primary role as wife and mother, as promoted by the adat-based New Order state ideology. / Sociology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Sociology)
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Need analysis for AIDS-related bereavement counselling programmes to assist women affected by HIV/AIDS - an indonesian perspectiveDamar, Alita P. 30 September 2008 (has links)
AIDS-related bereavement counselling programmes / The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a need for specific
bereavement counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS in Indonesia,
where death is believed to be fated.
Six AIDS-bereaved women were recruited. Data analysis was conducted based on the
women's interview transcripts and journal entries.
The women experienced at least three traumatic life events. The most challenging
experience was learning that they have contracted a disease they knew to be mostly
associated with prostitution. Given the short lapse of time between their husbands'
deaths and learning about their seropositivity, biographical disruption appeared to
have acted as an "analgesic", while concerns to protect their children seemed to have
triggered biographical reinforcement. This phenomenon may have brought about a
positive bereavement outcome.
Specific counselling programmes for women affected by HIV/AIDS are needed, but
emphasis should first be placed on improving their wellbeing and their perception of
stigma. / Sociology / M.A. (Sociology (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS))
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