Poster Presentation
Friday, 21 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday, 21 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations III
An Exploratory Study Toward Disclosure of Status and Reduction of Stigma for People Living with HIV/AIDS in a Low-Income Community
Ayisha Razak, RN, RM, PHN, BACur, DNEd, MCur, Postgraduate Nursing Studies, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa
Learning Objective #1: The learner will be able to examine the extent of stigma and disclosure that exists in the community.
Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to develop an understanding of community based care towards increased disclosure of HIV/AIDS status and the reduction of stigma.
The purpose of the study is to develop an understanding of how community-based care can encourage people living with HIV/AIDS to disclose their status and reduce stigma of the disease. A qualitative action research design, which is exploratory, descriptive and contextual will be utilized to capture the experiences of PLWHA, community members, family members of PLWHA, adult children of PLWHA, and family members of people that died of AIDS. In-depth interviews will be conducted with PLWHA. Focus group interviews will be conducted with family members of PLWHA, adult children of PLWHA, family members of people that died of AIDS and community members.


Data will be analysed using the editing analysis style whereby data from notes and interviews will be transcribed verbatim, checked, corrected and organized into personal analytical logs. The Atlas computer software program will also be used. The researcher will review the data and identify common patterns and structures relating to the topic. These patterns and structures will be categorized into themes with corresponding codes and supported by segments of the transcript or notes.


The ultimate goal of qualitative data analysis is development of a model which will be achieved through recontextualisation.

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