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Informal Networks among Women with HIV/AIDS: Present Support and Future Prospects

Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Given the importance of informal support in the lives of chronically ill people, it is imperative to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and impact of HIV-positive women’s informal networks. Through interviews with 37 women with HIV infection, the author explores women’s social network composition and the extent to which these networks appear to facilitate or mediate the disruption caused by HIV/AIDS. Women reported having at least one person, usually a family member, on whom they could depend for emotional support. Although women report adequate levels of current support, the author questions the likelihood that their informal networks will provide support further along in women’s illness trajectories.

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