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Caregiver mental health and HIV-infected child wellness: perspectives from Ugandan caregivers.
- Source :
- AIDS Care; Jun2017, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p793-799, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Prior studies indicate a substantial link between maternal depression and early child health but give limited consideration to the direction of this relationship or the context in which it occurs. We sought to create a contextually informed conceptual framework of this relationship through semi-structured interviews with women that had lived experience of caring for an HIV-infected child while coping with depression and anxiety symptoms. Caregivers explained their role in raising healthy children as complex and complicated by poverty, stigma, and isolation. Caregivers discussed the effects of their own mental health on child well-being as primarily emotional and behavioral, and explained how looking after a child could bring distress, particularly when unable to provide desired care for sick children. Our findings suggest the need for investigation of the reciprocal effects of child sickness on caregiver wellness and for integrated programs that holistically address the needs of HIV-affected families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ANXIETY
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
CONCEPTUAL structures
MENTAL depression
FAMILIES
HIV infections
HIV-positive persons
HOME nursing
INTERVIEWING
SERVICES for caregivers
RESEARCH methodology
CASE studies
MOTHER-child relationship
MOTHERHOOD
PSYCHOLOGY of mothers
PARENTING
POVERTY
SOCIAL isolation
SOCIAL stigma
QUALITATIVE research
WELL-being
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
BURDEN of care
ATTITUDES of mothers
ATTITUDES toward AIDS (Disease)
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122428996
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1263722