HIV/AIDS and Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.advisorWeiss, Anitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrimes, Paulaen_US
dc.creatorGrimes, Paulaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-26T03:59:07Z
dc.date.available2013-06-04T17:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on HIV risk factors and organizational programming at the intersection of gender, disability and HIV in Zimbabwe. Women are disproportionately impacted by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, though few studies have investigated how women with disabilities are affected. This study determines their unique vulnerabilities to contracting HIV and articulates their barriers to accessing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services. Collaborating with two Southern African organizations in three southern Zimbabwean provinces, I interviewed 50 disabled women, 7 disabled men and 44 staff from various AIDS service organizations, community based health and women's organizations, disabled peoples' organizations, clinics and hospitals. AIDS programs are not reaching many people who need services who had pre-existing disabilities or who became disabled as a result of HIV. I argue that more must be done to reach persons with disabilities and to think more inclusively and collaboratively when designing and implementing AIDS programs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/12376
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAIDSen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.titleHIV/AIDS and Women with Disabilities in Zimbabween_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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