Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Politics of Participation: Hydropolicy, HIV/AIDS and Women's Health in Lesotho

博士论文改进补助金：参与的政治：莱索托的水利政策、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和妇女健康

• 批准号: 0962526
• 负责人: Nancy Romero-Daza
• 金额: $ 1.78万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0962526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Politics

Doctoral candidate Cassandra Workman-Whaler (University of South Florida), with the guidance of Dr. Nancy Y. Romero-Daza, will conduct research on how multiple crises may combine to affect human lives. The particular focus of this project will be on the combined epidemics of water insecurity and HIV/AIDS. These apparently separate crises develop synergy because safe and reliable water is necessary to prevent infections among people with HIV, to grow household gardens to maintain adequate nutrition, and to ensure anti-retroviral drug adherence. Since women are the ones primarily responsible for the procurement of water, water insecurity impacts their ability to effectively provide care for both healthy and ill family members and, as a result, creates additional work and stress. Presently, gender considerations are being written into policy and programs throughout southern Africa. Researchers and policy analysts question the efficacy of these approaches and note the need for a grounded understanding of their impact. This project will address that need.The research will be carried out in Lesotho. The researcher will document and analyze the combined impacts of water insecurity and HIV/AIDS on women, as well as women's coping strategies. The researcher will employ a mixed methods approach using both quantitative methods from the field of public health and qualitative methods from the field of anthropology. The researcher will measure water insecurity and contributing factors such as food insecurity and poverty. The effects of water insecurity and illness such as HIV will be assessed through surveys, interviews, observations and focus groups. Finally interviews with people working in development and with local women will explore the efficacy of programs targeted at ameliorating both water insecurity and the effects of HIV/AIDS.The research is critically important because mutually reinforcing crises are common but are under-theorized by social scientists. The methodology employed in this project offers a holistic approach to this understudied phenomenon. The research will have policy impacts because access to safe and reliable sources of water is crucial for individuals and families affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Funding this research also supports the education of a social scientist.

博士生 Cassandra Workman-Whaler（南佛罗里达大学）将在 Nancy Y. Romero-Daza 博士的指导下，研究多种危机如何结合起来影响人类生活。该项目的特别重点是水不安全和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的综合流行病。这些看似独立的危机产生了协同作用，因为安全可靠的水对于预防艾滋病毒感染者、种植家庭花园以维持充足的营养以及确保抗逆转录病毒药物的依从性至关重要。 由于妇女是采购水的主要负责人，水不安全会影响她们有效为健康和患病家庭成员提供护理的能力，从而造成额外的工作和压力。 目前，性别考虑因素正在被写入整个南部非洲的政策和计划中。 研究人员和政策分析师质疑这些方法的有效性，并指出需要对其影响有扎实的了解。该项目将满足这一需求。研究将在莱索托进行。研究人员将记录和分析水不安全和艾滋病毒/艾滋病对妇女的综合影响，以及妇女的应对策略。研究人员将采用混合方法，使用公共卫生领域的定量方法和人类学领域的定性方法。 研究人员将衡量水不安全以及粮食不安全和贫困等影响因素。 将通过调查、访谈、观察和焦点小组来评估水不安全和艾滋病毒等疾病的影响。 最后，对从事发展工作的人员和当地妇女的采访将探讨旨在改善水不安全和艾滋病毒/艾滋病影响的计划的有效性。这项研究至关重要，因为相互强化的危机很常见，但社会科学家的理论化不足。该项目采用的方法为这一尚未充分研究的现象提供了整体方法。 这项研究将产生政策影响，因为获得安全可靠的水源对于受艾滋病毒/艾滋病大流行影响的个人和家庭至关重要。资助这项研究还支持社会科学家的教育。