TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiences of work among people with disabilities who are HIV-positive in Zambia
AU - Njelesani, Janet
AU - Nixon, Stephanie
AU - Cameron, Deb
AU - Parsons, Janet
AU - Menon, Anitha
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments — This study was funded by: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives and the University of Toronto Dean’s Fund. The study also received in-kind contributions from the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, the Disability and HIV/AIDS Trust, and the International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation.
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PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - This paper focuses on accounts of how having a disability and being HIV-positive influences experiences of work among 21 people (12 women, 9 men) in Lusaka, Zambia. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, Bemba, Nyanja, or Zambian sign language. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted. Three major themes were generated. The first, a triple burden, describes the burden of having a disability, being HIV-positive, and being unemployed. The second theme, disability and HIV is not inability, describes participants desire for work and their resistance to being regarded as objects of charity. Finally, how work influences HIV management, describes the practicalities of working and living with HIV. Together these themes highlight the limited options available to persons with disabilities with HIV in Lusaka, not only secondary to the effects of HIV influencing their physical capacity to work, but also because of the attendant social stigma of being a person with a disability and HIV-positive.
AB - This paper focuses on accounts of how having a disability and being HIV-positive influences experiences of work among 21 people (12 women, 9 men) in Lusaka, Zambia. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, Bemba, Nyanja, or Zambian sign language. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted. Three major themes were generated. The first, a triple burden, describes the burden of having a disability, being HIV-positive, and being unemployed. The second theme, disability and HIV is not inability, describes participants desire for work and their resistance to being regarded as objects of charity. Finally, how work influences HIV management, describes the practicalities of working and living with HIV. Together these themes highlight the limited options available to persons with disabilities with HIV in Lusaka, not only secondary to the effects of HIV influencing their physical capacity to work, but also because of the attendant social stigma of being a person with a disability and HIV-positive.
KW - people with disabilities
KW - disability management
KW - Southern Africa
KW - HIV management
KW - HIV
KW - HIV-Positive
KW - Zambia
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U2 - 10.2989/16085906.2015.1016985
DO - 10.2989/16085906.2015.1016985
M3 - Article
C2 - 25920983
AN - SCOPUS:84929175306
SN - 1608-5906
VL - 14
SP - 51
EP - 56
JO - African Journal of AIDS Research
JF - African Journal of AIDS Research
IS - 1
ER -