Advances in Nursing Science
Volume 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 130-149

The lived experience of pregnancy among HIV-positive refugee women a qualitative study (Article)

Chulach T. , Gagnon M.* , Holmes D.
  • a Sandy Hill Community Health Center, Canada
  • b School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
  • c School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada

Abstract

Increasingly HIV-positive refugee women are becoming pregnant. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe and explore the meaning and experience of pregnancy from the perspective of HIV-positive refugee women. The phenomenological analysis revealed 4 core themes. "Making up stories" for privacy and protection emerged as the first theme. The second theme illuminates 2 types of isolation: a double isolation based on refugee and HIV statuses, and isolation endured throughout the pregnancy. Being-in-Between describes the third theme. Finally, the fourth theme sheds light on the experience of disconnection: from baby, culture, body/self, and health care providers. © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Pregnancy Women HIV Refugee qualitative

Index Keywords

personal experience HIV Infections refugee Human immunodeficiency virus infection health care personnel human Refugees middle aged nonhuman Human immunodeficiency virus qualitative research Humans psychology female Infant pregnancy Social Stigma adult privacy human experiment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84987892152&doi=10.1097%2fANS.0000000000000117&partnerID=40&md5=d3d657953d8efa38e31667dcbc22d085
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000117
ISSN: 01619268
Original Language: English