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.

博士候选人Cassandra Workman-Whaler（南佛罗里达大学）在Nancy Y. Romero-Daza博士的指导下，将对多种危机可能结合起来影响人类生活的研究。该项目的特殊重点将放在水不安全感和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的综合流行病上。这些显然是分开的危机会产生协同作用，因为必须安全可靠的水来防止艾滋病毒患者的感染，种植家庭花园以维持足够的营养，并确保抗逆转录病毒药物的依从性。 由于妇女是主要负责水采购的妇女，因此水不安全感会影响她们有效地为健康和生病的家庭成员提供护理的能力，从而产生额外的工作和压力。 目前，在南部非洲的政策和计划中，性别方面的考虑因素。 研究人员和政策分析师质疑这些方法的功效，并注意到对其影响的基础理解的必要性。该项目将解决需求。研究将在莱索托进行。研究人员将记录和分析水不安全感和艾滋病毒/艾滋病对妇女以及妇女应对策略的综合影响。研究人员将使用来自公共卫生领域的定量方法和人类学领域的定性方法采用混合方法。 研究人员将衡量水不安全感，并造成诸如粮食不安全和贫困等因素。 水不安全感和疾病（例如艾滋病毒）的影响将通过调查，访谈，观察和焦点小组进行评估。 最终，对开发人员和当地妇女的访谈将探讨针对改善水不安全感和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的影响的计划的功效。这项研究至关重要，因为相互加强的危机是普遍的，但社会科学家的理论不足。该项目中采用的方法为这一研究现象提供了一种整体方法。 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。