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

博士候选人卡桑德拉·沃克曼·惠勒（南佛罗里达大学），在南希·Y·博士的指导下。罗梅罗-达扎将研究多重危机如何联合收割机影响人类生活。这一项目的特别重点将是水不安全和艾滋病毒/艾滋病这两种流行病。这些显然相互独立的危机产生了协同作用，因为安全可靠的水是预防艾滋病毒感染者感染、种植家庭菜园以维持充足营养以及确保坚持服用抗逆转录病毒药物所必需的。 由于妇女是采购水的主要责任人，水不安全影响了她们有效照顾健康和生病家庭成员的能力，因此造成额外的工作和压力。 目前，在整个南部非洲，正在将性别考虑纳入政策和方案。 研究人员和政策分析人员质疑这些方法的有效性，并指出需要对其影响有一个有根据的理解。该项目将满足这一需要，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，既使用公共卫生领域的定量方法，又使用人类学领域的定性方法。 研究人员将衡量水的不安全性和粮食不安全和贫困等因素。 将通过调查、访谈、观察和重点小组评估水不安全和艾滋病毒等疾病的影响。 最后，与发展工作的人和当地妇女的访谈将探讨针对改善水不安全和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的影响的方案的有效性。这项研究是至关重要的，因为相互加强的危机是常见的，但社会科学家的理论。在这个项目中采用的方法提供了一个整体的方法来研究这一不足的现象。 这项研究将产生政策影响，因为获得安全可靠的水源对受艾滋病毒/艾滋病影响的个人和家庭至关重要。资助这项研究也支持社会科学家的教育。

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.