“HIV Changed My Life Forever”: An Illustrative Case of a Sub-Saharan African Migrant Woman Living with HIV in Belgium
Living with HIV and AIDS changes everything for people diagnosed with HIV and it can be the most difficult experience in life. Like most people who have chronic diseases, these individuals have to deal with living a normal and quality life. Globally, more women (51%) than men are HIV positive. The main aim of this paper was to describe a sub-Saharan African migrant woman’s lived experience, and also to use the individual’s story to raise questions about the larger context after a HIV diagnosis. A qualitative study consisting of a personal story of a HIV-infected sub-Saharan African living in B... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | HIV / AIDS / choice-disabled / depression / mental health / migrant woman / vulnerability |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26590550 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2020012 |