Challenges in researching life with HIV/AIDS: an intersectional analysis of black African migrants in London
Challenges in researching life with HIV/AIDS: an intersectional analysis of black African migrants in London
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DOI：
10.1080/13691050802560336
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Doyal, Lesley
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作者：
Doyal, Lesley
大多数关于艾滋病毒的社会科学研究都集中在预防上。新疗法的到来产生了更多关于艾滋病毒携带者生活的研究。然而，大多数都是在发达国家的背景下进行的。人们对绝大多数艾滋病毒携带者和死于艾滋病的人知之甚少。如果要填补这一空白，就需要对发展中国家的受影响个人以及离开发展中国家生活在海外的移民进行更多的定性研究。还必须探讨来自同一社区的个人的生活，这些人可能因其性别和/或性取向而以截然不同的方式感染艾滋病毒。本文介绍了对伦敦携带艾滋病毒的非洲黑人移民进行的三项研究的结果。它使用交叉的方法来检查异性恋妇女、异性恋男子和同性恋和/或双性恋男子的经历之间的相似和不同之处。这篇文章强调了这类研究的重要性，这既是为了为具体情况的政策制定提供证据基础，也是为了更好地从概念和理论上了解艾滋病毒对个人及其生活的影响。
Most social science research on HIV has focused on prevention. The arrival of new therapies generated more studies on life with HIV. However most have been carried out in developed world contexts. Much less is known about the vast majority of those living with HIV and dying from AIDS. If this gap is to be filled, more qualitative research will be needed on affected individuals in the developing world and also among migrants who have left developing countries to live in the diaspora. It will also be essential to explore the lives of individuals from the same communities who may experience HIV in very different ways as a result of their gender and/or sexuality. This paper presents findings from three studies of Black African migrants living with HIV in London. It uses an intersectional approach to examine the similarities and the differences between the experiences of heterosexual women, heterosexual men and gay and/or bisexual men. The article highlights the importance of research of this kind both for providing the evidence base for context-specific policy development and also for making better conceptual and theoretical sense of the impact of HIV on individuals and their lives.