Published In

Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2016

Subjects

AIDS (Disease) -- Uganda, AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Uganda

Abstract

HIV and poverty are inextricably intertwined in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic and livelihood intervention strategies have been suggested to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of HIV, but few intervention studies have focused specifically on HIV positive persons. We conducted three pilot studies to assess a livelihood intervention consisting of an initial orientation and loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry microenterprises. We enrolled 15 HIV-positive and 22 HIV-negative participants and followed them for up to 18 months. Over the course of follow-up, participants achieved high chicken survival and loan repayment rates. Median monthly income increased, and severe food insecurity declined, although these changes were not statistically significant (P-values ranged from 0.11 to 0.68). In-depth interviews with a purposive sample of three HIV-positive participants identified a constellation of economic and psychosocial benefits, including improved social integration and reduced stigma.

Description

© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

This an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Originally published in Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS can can be found online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2016.1230072

DOI

10.1080/17290376.2016.1230072

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18492

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