Document 0821
 DOCN  M95A0821
 TI    Illness cognition of HIV-infected mothers.
 DT    9510
 AU    Regan-Kubinski MJ; Sharts-Hopko N
 SO    Issues Ment Health Nurs. 1995 Jul-Aug;16(4):327-44. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95340325
 AB    Despite the increasing prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
       infection in the female population the responses of women to their
       HIV-positive status and their resultant needs remain largely unexplored.
       This investigation explored the needs, choices, and decisions faced by
       38 mothers since becoming HIV-positive. Participants were recruited from
       an infectious disease clinic in a large mid-Atlantic urban area. The
       results are based on data from taped, semistructured interviews with
       participants. Themes that emerged from these verbal reports illustrated
       that decisions and choices, uncertainty, their relationship to their
       children, and a renewed spirituality influenced the actions that they
       took in response to their HIV-positive status. Themes are discussed in
       relation to needs for further research and health-related interventions.
 DE    Adult  *Choice Behavior  Female  Health Services Needs and Demand  Human
       HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Middle Age
       Mothers/*EDUCATION/*PSYCHOLOGY  Nursing Methodology Research  Sick Role
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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