Women, Motherhood and Living with HIV/AIDS

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Women, Motherhood, and Living with HIV/AIDS: An Introduction

   • Pranee Liamputtong

   Pages 1-24

3. Women, Reproduction and HIV/AIDS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Growing Confidence? Family Planning by HIV-Positive Mothers in a South African Urban Setting

      • Ray Lazarus, Helen Struthers, Avy Violari

      Pages 27-46

   3. Pregnancy and Motherhood in the Narratives of Women with HIV Infection Living in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

      • Mónica Laura Gogna, Silvia Beatriz Fernández, Paula di Corrado, María Julieta Obiols

      Pages 47-61

   4. Making Decisions in Pregnancy About HIV Testing and Treatment: The Experience of Burmese Migrant Women in Northern Thailand

      • Pleumjit Chotiga, Kenda Crozier, Michael Pfeil

      Pages 63-75

   5. Motherhood, Infertility, and HIV: The Maasai Context of Northern Tanzania

      • Lauren K. Birks, Yadira Roggeveen, Jennifer M. Hatfield

      Pages 77-91

   6. “I Will Give Birth But Not Too Much”: HIV-Positive Childbearing in Rural Malawi

      • Sara Yeatman, Jenny Trinitapoli

      Pages 93-109

4. Motherhood, Infant Feeding and HIV/AIDS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. “I Always Wanted to See My Babies Grow Up”: Motherhood Experiences for Women Living Longer than Expected with HIV/AIDS

      • Donna B. Barnes

      Pages 113-127

   3. Do You Tell Your Kids? What Do You Tell Your Kids? When Do You Tell Your Kids? How Do You Tell Your Kids? HIV-Positive Mothers, Disclosure and Stigma

      • Karalyn McDonald

      Pages 129-146

   4. Dealing with Life: Tactics Employed by Drug-Using Thai Mothers Living with HIV

      • Niphattra Haritavorn

      Pages 147-160

   5. Senegalese Women Living with HIV Versus the 2009 WHO Recommendations for PMTCT: Meanings for Resistance Regarding Infant Feeding

      • Alice Desclaux

      Pages 161-176

   6. Improving Access to Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programs in Africa: An Ongoing Process

      • Philippe Msellati

      Pages 177-187

5. Women, Mothers and Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Psychological Distress Among HIV-Positive Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Thailand

      • Ratchneewan Ross

      Pages 191-200

   3. HIV Is My “Best” Problem: Living with Racism, HIV and Interpersonal Violence

      • Josephine Mazonde, Wilfreda (Billie) Thurston

      Pages 201-213

   4. The Effects of Collective Action on the Confidence of Individual HIV-Positive Mothers in Vietnam

      • Pauline Oosterhoff, Tran Xuan Bach

      Pages 215-229

   5. Women, Motherhood, and Living Positively: The Lived Experience of Thai Women Living with HIV/AIDS

      • Pranee Liamputtong, Niphattra Haritavorn, Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee

      Pages 231-247

   6. Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Care Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Cultural Barriers

      • Damalie Nakanjako, Florence Maureen Mirembe, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Alex Coutinho

      Pages 249-265

There are  about 34 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS. Half are women. There has been a dramatic global increase in the rates of women living with HIV/AIDS. Among young women, especially in developing countries, infection rates are rapidly increasing. Many of these women are also mothers with young infants. When a woman is labeled as having HIV, she is treated with suspicion and her morality is being questioned. Previous research has suggested that women living with HIV/AIDS can be affected by delay in diagnosis, inferior access to health care services, internalized stigma and a poor utilization of health services. This makes it extremely difficult for women to take care of their own health needs. Women are also reluctant to disclose their HIV-positive status as they fear this may result in physical feelings of shame, social ostracism, violence, or expulsion from home. Women living with HIV/AIDS who are also mothers carry a particularly heavy burden of being HIV-infected. This unique book attempts to put together results from empirical research and focuses on issues relevant to women, motherhood and living with HIV/AIDS which have occurred to individual women in different parts of the globe. The book comprises chapters written by researchers who carry out their projects in different parts of the world, and each chapter contains empirical information based on real life situations. This can be used as evidence for health care providers to implement socially and culturally appropriate services to assist individuals and groups who are living with HIV/AIDS in many societies. The book is of interest to scholars and students in the domains of anthropology, sociology, social work, nursing, public health & medicine and health professionals who have a specific interest in issues concerning women who are mothers and living with HIV/AIDS from cross-cultural perspective.

• Dealing with Patriarchy and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
• Experiences of HIV-positive Thai Women
• HIV and Motherhood
• HIV-positive mothers
• HIV-positive mothers in Vietnam
• HIV/AIDS care among Women in sub-Saharan Africa
• HIV/AIDS care in Northeastern Brazil
• Improving access to Mother-to-Child transmission (PMTCT)
• Infant Feeding and HIV/AIDS
• Living with Racism and HIV
• Pregnancy and Motherhood in Buenos Aires
• Pregnancy of Women with HIV infection
• Psychological Distress among HIV-positive women in Thailand
• The MOMS Project
• Women and Living with HIV/AIDS

From the book reviews:

“This is a book that any scholar interested in HIV and women studies should add to his or her personal library. It presents a state-of-the-art outline of recent studies—mainly through different types of qualitative methods—supplemented with a plethora of appropriate references. … this book is a comprehensive source to acquire a cross-cultural perspective on HIV and women studies, providing guidance for both health professionals and policy makers.” (Ines Aristegui, Applied Research Quality Life, Vol. 9, 2014)

• School of Public Health, La Trobe University School of Public Health, Bundoora, Australia

  Pranee Liamputtong

Pranee Liamputtong holds a Personal Chair in Public Health at the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Pranee has previously taught in the School of Sociology and Anthropology and worked as a public health research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Mothers’ and Children’s Health, La Trobe University. Pranee has a particular interest in issues related to cultural and social influences on childbearing, childrearing and women’s reproductive and sexual health. She has published several books and a large number of papers in these areas. Her books in the health area include: Maternity and reproductive health in Asian societies (with Lenore Manderson, Harwood Academic Press, 1996); Hmong women and reproduction (Bergin & Garvey, 2000); Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality (with Lenore Manderson, Curzon Press, 2002); and Health, social change and communities (with Heather Gardner, Oxford University Press, 2003). She has also recently published books titled The journey of becoming a mother amongst women in northern Thailand (Lexington Books, 2007); and Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective and Childrearing and infant care: A cross-cultural perspective (Nova Science, 2007). The most recent book that she published is Community, health and population (with Sansnee Jirojwong, Oxford University Press, 2008) and Infant feeding practices: A cross-cultural perspective (Springer 2010). She is now completing a book on Motherhood and Postnatal Depression: Narratives of Women and their Partners, for Springer (with Carolyn Westall), and will be published in early 2011.

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