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Aging Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Narrative Analysis Of Stigma, Seja Jackson
Aging Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Narrative Analysis Of Stigma, Seja Jackson
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Aging Women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Narrative Analysis of Stigma
Seja Jackson, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, 2020
Over 50 % of people living with HIV are over age 50 (CDC, 2019a). Older women face unique challenges due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) stigma, which leads to complications including late diagnosis and poorer outcomes. Despite the transition of HIV to a chronic disease, HIV stigma remains.
In alignment with feminist principles, this author used Catherine Riessman’s (1993; 2008) method of thematic narrative analysis to illuminate the stories of aging women living with HIV. I interviewed 12 women over 50, aging …