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ArticleQualitative health research2016

The Framing and Fashioning of Therapeutic Citizenship Among People Living With HIV Taking Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda.

Steve Russell, Stella Namukwaya, Flavia Zalwango, Janet Seeley

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Steve RussellUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom s.russell@uea.ac.uk.
Stella NamukwayaUganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
Flavia ZalwangoUganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
Janet SeeleyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Uganda Virus Research Institute · UGLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U950097150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, we examine how people living with HIV (PLWH) were able to reconceptualize or "reframe" their understanding of HIV and enhance their capacity to self-manage the condition. Two in-depth interviews were held with 38 PLWH (20 women, 18 men) selected from three government and nongovernment antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery sites in Wakiso District, and the narratives analyzed. ART providers played an important role in shaping participants' HIV self-management processes. Health workers helped PLWH realize that they could control their condition, provided useful concepts and language for emotional coping, and gave advice about practical self-management tasks, although this could not always be put into practice. ART providers in this setting were spaces for the development of a collective identity and a particular form of therapeutic citizenship that encouraged self-management, including adherence to ART. Positive framing institutions are important for many PLWH in resource-limited settings and the success of ART programs.

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Self CareAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAntiviral AgentsFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMalePhysical Therapy ModalitiesUgandaAntiviral Agentsadherence / complianceAfrica, Sub-Saharancoping and adaptationhealth care, users’ experiencesHIV/AIDSillness and disease, experiencesresearch, qualitativeself-care

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PMID26246523
PMCPMC4974486
OpenAlexW1933392689

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