The Gigii-Bapiimin Study: resilience and the impacts of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing of Indigenous people living with HIV in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
AIDS Care
; 36(7): 899-907, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The Gigii-Bapiimin study explored the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people living with HIV in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, two provinces in Canada with alarmingly high rates of HIV infections. Participants (n = 28 in Manitoba and n = 23 in Saskatchewan) were recruited using various methods, including flyers, community organizations, peers, and social media. The qualitative interviews focused on the pandemic's impact on health, access to services, and ceremonies. The data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. The study identified three key themes (a) resilience and coping; (b) negative impacts on health and substance use; (c) decreased access to health services, HIV care and harm reduction. The participants shared their experiences of social isolation and the loss of community support, which had deleterious effects on their mental health and substance use. The impacts on access to HIV care were exacerbated by poverty, homelessness, and distress over inadvertent disclosure of HIV status. Participants mitigated these impacts by relying on Indigenous knowledges, ceremonies, and resilience within their communities. Service providers must address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous people living with HIV and their access to HIV services and ceremonies.
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Assunto principal:
Adaptação Psicológica
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Infecções por HIV
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Resiliência Psicológica
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article