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Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services Volume 16, 2017 - Issue 2: Gender issues in HIV/AIDS: An enduring topic
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Women living with AIDS in rural Southern India: Perspectives on mental health and lay health care worker support

Neha SrivastavaDepartment of Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
,
Adeline M. NyamathiProgram in Nursing Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Sanjeev SinhaDepartment of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Catherine CarpenterSchool of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Veena SatyanarayanaDepartment of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Padma RamakrishnanPeople’s Health Society, Nellore, India
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Maria EkstrandSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Pages 170-194 | Received 25 Aug 2016, Accepted 12 Dec 2016, Published online: 23 Feb 2017
 
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ABSTRACT

In this study, focus groups were conducted with 16 rural women living with AIDS (WLA) from Andhra Pradesh, India, who had previously participated in a clinical trial wherein 68 WLA were randomized into either an Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA)-Life (AL) intervention or a usual care program. Findings are discussed in terms of (a) mental health issues, (b) perceived stressors, (c) individual resources for coping with mental health issues, and (d) role of ASHA support in coping with mental health issues. These findings highlight the salience of mental health issues in the lives of WLA and the role played by ASHA in addressing some of these issues. The discussion section makes a case for increased emphasis on mental health care in future community-based interventions for this population.

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