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dc.contributor.author | Root, R.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Van Wyngaard, Arnau![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T06:54:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T06:54:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of religious health assets (RHA) and its relevance to HIV/AIDS. This manuscript describes the experiences of caregivers with a church-run home-based care organisation in Swaziland, site of the world’s highest HIV prevalence (42%). In light of reduced antiretroviral treatment rollout in some areas of Africa, strengthening mechanisms of treatment support with HIV prevention has never been more critical. One modality may be community home-based care (CHBC), a core feature of the World Bank’s MultiCountry HIV/AIDS Program for Africa. Yet, these entities, and the frontline activities of local congregations, remain underexplored. Part of a larger anthropological study of religion and HIV/AIDS in Swaziland, this manuscript draws on 20 semi-structured caregiver interviews to discern patterns in motivations; perceived client needs; care practices; and meanings of religiosity. Thirteen participants were care coordinators who oversaw approximately 455 caregivers across nearly half of the 22 communities served. Grounded theory analysis suggested that caregivers facilitated vital decisions around HIV testing, HIV disclosure, treatment uptake/adherence, as well as reduced HIV stigma. Also salient was the importance of a Christian ethos, in the form of ‘talk’ and ‘love’, as critical culturally situated care practices. Having expanded to an estimated 600 caregivers and 2500 home-based clients between 2006 and 2009, participants’ reports intimated their roles as agents of broader social transformation. This article contributes to the expanding study of RHA and challenges authoritative global public health strategies that have largely marginalised local religious aspects of HIV/AIDS. Future applied research examining how ‘home’ and ‘church’ may be vital public health settings outside of, but integral to, formal health services and HIV programming is warranted. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Science of Religion and Missiology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | hb2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rgph20 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Robin Root & Arnau van Wyngaard (2011) Free love: A case study of churchrun home-based caregivers in a high vulnerability setting, Global Public Health, 6:sup2, S174- S191, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.581675. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-1692 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-1706 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1080/17441692.2011.581675 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58679 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2011 Taylor and Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Global Public Health, vol. 6, Suppl 2, pp. S174-S191, 2011. doi : 10.1080/17441692.2011.581675. Global Public Health is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rgph20. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Religion | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Health | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Gender | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Home-based care | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Stigma | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Religious health assets (RHA) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Community home-based care (CHBC) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Church-run home-based care | en_ZA |
dc.title | Free love : religion and community home-based care in Swaziland | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |