Women, motherhood and living with HIV/AIDS a cross-cultural perspective /

There are about 34 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS. Half are women. There has been a dramatic global increase in the rates of women living with HIV/AIDS. Among young women, especially in developing countries, infection rates are rapidly increasing. Many of these women are also mothers...

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Other Authors: Liamputtong, Pranee, 1955-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2013.
Dordrecht ; London : 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Women, Reproduction and HIV/AIDS
  • Growing Confidence? Family Planning by HIV-Positive Mothers in a South African Urban Setting /
  • Ray Lazarus, Helen Struthers, Avy Violari
  • Pregnancy and Motherhood in the Narratives of Women with HIV Infection Living in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina /
  • Mónica Laura Gogna, Silvia Beatriz Fernández, Paula di Corrado, María Julieta Obiols
  • Making Decisions in Pregnancy About HIV Testing and Treatment: The Experience of Burmese Migrant Women in Northern Thailand /
  • Pleumjit Chotiga, Kenda Crozier, Michael Pfeil
  • Motherhood, Infertility, and HIV: The Maasai Context of Northern Tanzania /
  • Lauren K. Birks PhD, Yadira Roggeveen, Jennifer M. Hatfield
  • "I Will Give Birth But Not Too Much": HIV-Positive Childbearing in Rural Malawi /
  • Sara Yeatman, Jenny Trinitapoli
  • Motherhood, Infant Feeding and HIV/AIDS.
  • "I Always Wanted to See My Babies Grow Up": Motherhood Experiences for Women Living Longer than Expected with HIV/AIDS /
  • Donna B. Barnes
  • Do You Tell Your Kids? What Do You Tell Your Kids? When Do You Tell Your Kids? How Do You Tell Your Kids? HIV-Positive Mothers, Disclosure and Stigma /
  • Karalyn McDonald
  • Dealing with Life: Tactics Employed by Drug-Using Thai Mothers Living with HIV /
  • Niphattra Haritavorn
  • Senegalese Women Living with HIV Versus the 2009 WHO Recommendations for PMTCT: Meanings for Resistance Regarding Infant Feeding /
  • Alice Desclaux
  • Improving Access to Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programs in Africa: An Ongoing Process /
  • Philippe Msellati
  • Women, Mothers and Care
  • Psychological Distress Among HIV-Positive Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Thailand /
  • Ratchneewan Ross
  • HIV Is My "Best" Problem: Living with Racism, HIV and Interpersonal Violence /
  • Josephine Mazonde, Wilfreda (Billie) Thurston.
  • The Effects of Collective Action on the Confidence of Individual HIV-Positive Mothers in Vietnam /
  • Pauline Oosterhoff, Tran Xuan Bach
  • Women, Motherhood, and Living Positively: The Lived Experience of Thai Women Living with HIV/AIDS /
  • Pranee Liamputtong, Niphattra Haritavorn, Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee
  • Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Care Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Cultural Barriers /
  • Damalie Nakanjako [and others]
  • Mothers with HIV: A Case for a Human Rights Approach to HIV/AIDS Care in Northeastern Brazil /
  • Jessica Jerome
  • The MOMS (Making Our Mothers Stronger) Project: A Culturally Tailored Parenting Intervention for Mothers Living with HIV in the Southern USA /
  • Susan L. Davies, Herpreet Kaur Thind, Jamie L. Stiller
  • Coping with Patriarchy and HIV/AIDS: Female Sexism in Infant Feeding Counseling in Southern Africa /
  • Ineke Buskens, Alan Jaffe.