CAREER: Resource Attainment and Social Context in Negotiating Illness Among Marginalized Populations

SES-0847809 Celeste Watkins-HayesNorthwestern UniversityThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Law 111-5）.该研究将研究艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者（PLWHA）的经济经历和相关社会过程，他们的财务状况和经济生存策略如何随着时间的推移而演变，以及这些过程如何塑造他们的健康和福祉。经济生存战略和健康维护之间的这种理论关系提出了关于研究人员、政策制定者和社会将如何应对这一流行病的关键政策、方案和社会问题。我们的下一个前沿：确保增加艾滋病毒感染风险的经济和社会因素不会进一步阻碍个人？在诊断后照顾自己并为社区做出贡献的能力。近年来，非洲裔美国妇女的艾滋病毒感染率上升尤其惊人，由于她们的社会地位，造成了额外的诊断后经济和社会挑战。这个多学科的比较人种学研究项目和综合教育倡议将探讨艾滋病毒感染者如何塑造受感染妇女的经济现实和相关社会经验，同时教育学生，艾滋病毒服务社区和公众这一重要但往往被忽视的防治艾滋病方面。 这项研究将侧重于105名感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的妇女，她们在种族、社会经济阶层、年龄、报告的感染方式和自诊断以来的时间方面代表了不同的样本。PI和一个研究生研究小组将进行深入访谈，以建立一个关于感染艾滋病毒的妇女的经济生存战略的大型定性数据库，这可能是第一个此类数据库。教育目标将通过以下方式实现：（1）建立一个社会学研究实验室;（2）提供课程，包括将本科生与当地艾滋病服务提供者配对，为客户和其他利益攸关方规划教育活动的服务学习活动;以及（3）利用媒体、互联网技术和传统工具（如时事通讯、概况介绍）的研究传播机构，政策简报、书籍和学术论文，为多个群体提供信息。该研究有可能为社会学研究提供有关健康状况如何影响经济地位的信息，阐明机构在减轻、支持或挑战感染艾滋病毒的妇女的经济地位方面所发挥的作用。公共政策研究所制定了社区参与研究的重要计划，从而有可能在提供服务和制定政策选择方面进行创新。

SES-0847809Celeste Watkins-HayesNorthwestern UniversityThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Law 111-5).The research will study the economic experiences and related social processes of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), how their financial conditions and economic survival strategies evolve over time, and how these processes shape and are shaped by their health and well-being. This theorized relationship between economic survival strategies and health maintenance raises critical policy, programmatic, and societal questions about how researchers, policymakers, and society will address the epidemic?s next frontier: ensuring that the economic and social factors that increase the risk of HIV infection do not further hinder individuals? abilities to take care of themselves and contribute to their communities after diagnosis. HIV infections have risen particularly alarmingly among African American women in recent years, creating additional post-diagnosis economic and social challenges because of their social locations. This multidisciplinary, comparative ethnographic research project and integrated educational initiative will explore how living with HIV shapes the economic realities and related social experiences of infected women while educating students, the HIV services community, and the public about this important but often ignored facet of the fight against AIDS. The study will focus on 105 women living with HIV/AIDS who represent a diverse sample in terms of race, socioeconomic class, age, reported mode of infection, and time since diagnosis. The PI and a graduate student research team will conduct the in-depth interviews in order to build a large qualitative database on the economic survival strategies of women living with HIV, likely the first of its kind. The educational objectives will be accomplished through (1) the creation of a sociological research lab; (2) course offerings that include a service-learning exercise pairing undergraduate students with local AIDS Service Providers for educational event planning for clients and other stakeholders; and (3) a research dissemination apparatus that utilizes media, Internet technology, and traditional tools such as newsletters, fact sheets, policy briefs, books, and academic papers to inform multiple groups. The study has the potential to inform sociological research on the ways in which health status has an impact on economic status, illuminating the role that institutions play in mitigating, supporting, or challenging the economic standing of women with HIV. The PI has significant plans for community participation in the research, leading to possibilities for innovation in service delivery and the development of policy options.