Stokes Charu
a Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College , Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2014;29(3):285-95. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2013.872411.
Using the resiliency model as a framework, this qualitative description study was designed to elicit the experiences of African American women living with HIV/AIDS serving as informal kinship care providers. Themes emerging from the interviews included (a) strengths of informal social supports, (b) benefits of living with HIV as opposed to women who are not HIV positive, and (c) negative experiences of child welfare services. Findings suggest a plethora of resources women accessed through community-based agencies because of their HIV/AIDS status, as opposed to child welfare agencies.
以复原力模型为框架，本定性描述性研究旨在了解身为非正式亲属照顾提供者的感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的非裔美国女性的经历。访谈中出现的主题包括：（a）非正式社会支持的优势；（b）与未感染艾滋病毒的女性相比，感染艾滋病毒后的益处；（c）儿童福利服务的负面经历。研究结果表明，由于她们的艾滋病毒/艾滋病状况，这些女性通过社区机构而非儿童福利机构获得了大量资源。
