Social Support for Pregnant Women with HIV/AIDS in Cilacap District: Qualitative Study
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_153How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Social Support; Pregnant Women; HIV/AIDS
- Abstract
HIV infection has a complex impact on the sufferer: lowering the body’s resistance and the opportunistic infections that follow, psychological and social problems are experienced by people who are detected with HIV. Psychological distress, including low self-esteem, anxiety, fear, depression, and suicidal ideation as expressed in several studies of women with HIV. Support has an important role in improving one’s coping adaptation to stressful situations, reducing morbidity, and disciplining treatment for patients so that indirect family support can improve one’s physical health, including support for pregnant women with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this study was to determine social support for pregnant women with HIV/AIDS. This study uses a qualitative design. The approach used is phenomenology. Participants were selected by purposive sampling technique until data saturation was achieved. Data analysis was carried out using thematic analysis using Open Code. Based on the interviews by two pregnant women and four families of pregnant women with PLWHA, it can be concluded in 4 themes: 1). Pregnant women feel insecure about their condition 2). The family accepts the condition of pregnant women 3). Families and pregnant women need support from health workers 4). Pregnant women and their families need a system to make it easier to remember ARV consumption.
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TY - CONF AU - Evy Apriani AU - Sohimah AU - Johariyah PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/29 TI - Social Support for Pregnant Women with HIV/AIDS in Cilacap District: Qualitative Study BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2021 (BIS-HSS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 905 EP - 911 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_153 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-49-7_153 ID - Apriani2022 ER -