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To Keep this Disease from Killing You: Cultural Competence, Consonance, and Health among HIV‐positive Women in Kenya

To Keep this Disease from Killing You: Cultural Competence, Consonance, and Health among... The HIV/AIDS crisis continues in sub‐Saharan Africa, where nearly 70% of infections are found. Despite recent efforts to supply antiretroviral therapy to those infected, most are not receiving medication and are forced to rely on self‐management to remain healthy. In Kenya, many of those infected are women living in extreme poverty. This article presents the findings of research among poor women in Nairobi that examined the relationship between knowledge of a cultural model of self‐managing HIV/AIDS, cultural consonance, and health. This biocultural study expands on earlier findings showing that knowledge of the model (competence) is a significant predictor of health by examining here how behavior consistent with that knowledge (consonance) affects health outcomes, as measured by CD4 counts, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and recent illnesses. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Medical Anthropology Quarterly Wiley

To Keep this Disease from Killing You: Cultural Competence, Consonance, and Health among HIV‐positive Women in Kenya

Medical Anthropology Quarterly , Volume 32 (2) – Jan 1, 2018

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 2018 American Anthropological Association
ISSN
0745-5194
eISSN
1548-1387
DOI
10.1111/maq.12402
pmid
28766753
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Abstract

The HIV/AIDS crisis continues in sub‐Saharan Africa, where nearly 70% of infections are found. Despite recent efforts to supply antiretroviral therapy to those infected, most are not receiving medication and are forced to rely on self‐management to remain healthy. In Kenya, many of those infected are women living in extreme poverty. This article presents the findings of research among poor women in Nairobi that examined the relationship between knowledge of a cultural model of self‐managing HIV/AIDS, cultural consonance, and health. This biocultural study expands on earlier findings showing that knowledge of the model (competence) is a significant predictor of health by examining here how behavior consistent with that knowledge (consonance) affects health outcomes, as measured by CD4 counts, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and recent illnesses.

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Medical Anthropology QuarterlyWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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