HIV care and interdependence in Tanzania and Uganda

Evans, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270 and Atim, A. (2015) HIV care and interdependence in Tanzania and Uganda. In: Barnes, M., Brannelly, P., Ward, L. and Ward, N. (eds.) Ethics of care: critical advances in international perspective. The Policy Press, Chapter 12. ISBN 9781447316510

Abstract/Summary

Within many communities in East Africa, people living with HIV are increasingly involved in delivering home-based care and healthcare for family members and peers. Such interdependent caring relations blur conventional boundaries between ‘care-givers’ and ‘care-recipients’, and constructions of 'service users' as dependent, passive recipients of healthcare. The participation of people living with HIV in healthcare provision, home-based care and peer support groups can enhance ‘relational autonomy’ for both care-givers and care-recipients, although such initiatives often play out in highly gendered ways. The care and support of people living with HIV, particularly the emotion work of caring, however, continues to be associated with women's and girls' assumed 'natural' nurturing roles and has been largely devalued and overlooked in HIV policy and practice to date.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/40521
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Human Environments Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Uncontrolled Keywords	HIV care and support People living with HIV (PLHA) Service users Participation in healthcare East Africa
Publisher	The Policy Press
Publisher Statement	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of a chapter published in Ethics of care: critical advances in international perspective. Details of the definitive published version and how to purchase it are available online at: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ethics-of-care.
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