Mark, Sophia;
(2022)
‘A raw experience’: a study of Nigerian women living with HIV in Jos, Nigeria.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the experiences of HIV positive Nigerian women living in Jos, North-Central Nigeria. The study applied a feminist lens to illuminate their experiences, with reference to biographical disruption. Nigeria is estimated to have the second largest number of people living with HIV in the world and women are disproportionately affected and infected by HIV/AIDS yet little is known about women’s experiences of living with HIV in Nigeria. Methodology: The research used a qualitative approach, informed by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), to generate in-depth data from semi-structured interviews with 11 HIV positive women and each participant was interviewed three to four times. The study applied a feminist lens to IPA and also pays attention to the broader contextual issues that participants face as part of their experiences of living with HIV. Findings: The analysis of the interview data identified three key themes: 1) Testing positive; 2) Living with HIV and 3) Disrupted Lives, ‘Repaired Biographies’. These three overarching themes encompassed subthemes which provided in-depth information of individual participants’ experiences. Conclusion: The findings of this study provides useful knowledge on Nigerian women living with HIV. It provides insights for treatment providers and policymakers in Nigeria and further afield by better informing their services to women, particularly through scaling up counselling services that are gender-specific, gender-sensitive and the provision of additional support and specially trained professionals. This study also highlights the value of the IPA approach and the use of biographical disruption as an approach to explore the impact of HIV on women’s lives. In addition to this, the study also highlights the need to pay attention to the wider contextual factors that impacts women living with HIV.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | ‘A raw experience’: a study of Nigerian women living with HIV in Jos, Nigeria |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2022. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149707 |
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