Social Roles such as Motherhood or AIDS Advocacy Can Help Women Cope with HIV
Instructor Allison R. Webel's article appears in Women's Health Issues
Posted 2/6/12
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Instructor Allison Webel, PhD, RN |
A small study suggests that the different roles HIV-positive women play in society can influence how they manage their disease. In particular, the findings indicate that women who are mothers, faith believers, pet owners, or AIDS advocates often cope better with HIV/AIDS.
“Women [with HIV] should consider how the various social roles they have can help them manage their chronic disease, and communicate that with their health care team,” said Allison Webel, and FPB nursing instructor and lead author of the study, in correspondence with The AIDS Beacon.
“Incorporating ways to help women living with HIV adjust to any perceived stigma is going to be critical to all other self-management tasks we ask them to accomplish,” she said.
Source: The AIDS Beacon, Case Western Reserve University
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