TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental obligations, care and HIV treatment
T2 - How care for others motivates self-care in Zimbabwe
AU - Skovdal, Morten
AU - Maswera, Rufurwokuda
AU - Kadzura, Noah
AU - Nyamukapa, Constance
AU - Rhead, Rebecca
AU - Wringe, Alison
AU - Gregson, Simon
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - This article examines how parental obligations of care intersect with HIV treatment-seeking behaviours and retention. It draws on qualitative data from eastern Zimbabwe, produced from 65 interviews. Drawing on theories of practice and care ethics, our analysis revealed that norms of parental obligation and care acted as key motivators for ongoing engagement with HIV services and treatment. Parents’ attentiveness to the future needs of their children (caring about), and sense of obligation (taking care of) and improved ability to care (caregiving) following treatment initiation, emerged as central to understanding their drive for self-care and engagement with HIV services.
AB - This article examines how parental obligations of care intersect with HIV treatment-seeking behaviours and retention. It draws on qualitative data from eastern Zimbabwe, produced from 65 interviews. Drawing on theories of practice and care ethics, our analysis revealed that norms of parental obligation and care acted as key motivators for ongoing engagement with HIV services and treatment. Parents’ attentiveness to the future needs of their children (caring about), and sense of obligation (taking care of) and improved ability to care (caregiving) following treatment initiation, emerged as central to understanding their drive for self-care and engagement with HIV services.
KW - antiretroviral therapy
KW - care
KW - family
KW - HIV
KW - obligation
KW - Zimbabwe
U2 - 10.1177/1359105318788692
DO - 10.1177/1359105318788692
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30027764
AN - SCOPUS:85050314888
SN - 1359-1053
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
ER -
