Life in the Shadows: Examining the Role that HIV Status Plays in the Decision Making Processes of HIV Positive Aboriginal Women in Terms of Their Reproductive Health and Their Decisions to Have a Child or Not

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dc.contributor.advisorThurston, Wilfreda Enid
dc.contributor.authorNash, Tina Marie Lynn
dc.contributor.committeememberCrowshoe, Lynden John
dc.contributor.committeememberPatten, Scott Burton
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-02T17:57:45Z
dc.date.available2016-11-02T17:57:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis represents a qualitative research study involving three urban dwelling, HIV positive Aboriginal women. It highlights the factors that participants describe as being influential in their decision to have a child or not, given positive HIV status. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants and descriptive construction of emerging themes and categories were developed to explain the results. Key factors that were found to influence participant’s decisions to have a child or not were: intention; fertility options; stigma; fear; social support; personal health status; spirituality; and cultural safety. This study also found that an analysis of the role HIV status plays in the decision making processes of HIV positive Aboriginal women with regards to whether or not to have a child must take into account how colonization, systematic discrimination, racism, early childhood and adolescent experiences, poverty, addictions, homelessness, co-morbidity of illness and culture intersect to influence their decisions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNash, T. M. (2016). Life in the Shadows: Examining the Role that HIV Status Plays in the Decision Making Processes of HIV Positive Aboriginal Women in Terms of Their Reproductive Health and Their Decisions to Have a Child or Not (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26760en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26760
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3445
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Health
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subjectNative American Studies
dc.subjectEthnic and Racial Studies
dc.subjectWomenÕs Studies
dc.subjectObstetrics and Gynecology
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject.classificationAboriginalen_US
dc.subject.classificationHIVen_US
dc.subject.classificationPregnancyen_US
dc.subject.classificationReproductiveen_US
dc.subject.classificationChild bearingen_US
dc.subject.classificationDecisionen_US
dc.titleLife in the Shadows: Examining the Role that HIV Status Plays in the Decision Making Processes of HIV Positive Aboriginal Women in Terms of Their Reproductive Health and Their Decisions to Have a Child or Not
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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