Back to Search
Start Over
Obligation to family during times of transition: care, support and the response to HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa.
- Source :
- AIDS Care; 2016 Supplement, Vol. 28, p18-29, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- In rural South Africa, high HIV prevalence has the potential to affect the care and support that kin are able to provide to those living with HIV. Despite this, families seem to be largely resilient and a key source of care and support to family affected by HIV. In this article, we explore the motivations for the provision of care and support by kin. We use the results of a small-scale in-depth qualitative study conducted in 10 households over 6 months in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to show that family obligation and conditional reciprocity operate in varying degrees and build social capital. We highlight the complexity of kin relations where obligation is not guaranteed or is limited, requiring the consideration of policy measures that provide means of social support that are not reliant on the family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FAMILIES
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ECONOMICS
PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL care costs
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
RESEARCH funding
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
GENDER role
SOCIAL norms
PSYCHOLOGY of AIDS patients
QUALITATIVE research
SOCIAL capital
JUDGMENT sampling
CULTURAL values
FAMILY relations
SOCIAL support
FAMILY roles
ATTITUDES toward AIDS (Disease)
ATTITUDES toward illness
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118064374
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1195486