Community Support Groups and Home-Based Care among People Living HIV and AIDS in Uganda
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Date
2023
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Publisher
Annals of Justice and Humanity
Abstract
Purpose: This study investigated the contribution of Community
support groups on Home based care to Persons Living with HIV in
Lira District.
Research Methodology: We adopted a cross-sectional research
design among a sample of 226 respondents. Using both the Self Administered Questionnaires and an Interview Guide.
Results: The findings suggested that Community support groups
(μ=4.959, SD=0.5393) help in enhancing home-based care for
PLHIV in Lira District. Further, Community support groups had a
significant effect on Adherence to ART (β=0.641, P<0.05),
Nutrition support (β=0.581, P<0.05), and Palliative care (β=0.638,
P<0.05).
Limitations: This study covered only one district in the entire
Lango sub-region yet if more districts were included, possibly the
outcomes would have been different.
Contribution: This study contributes empirical evidence of the
association between Community support groups and home-based
care to PLHIV in Lira District. Therefore, for improved home-based
care for PLHIV, stakeholders are encouraged to mobilize local
communities to form Community support groups so that they can be
able to offer support to PLHIV.
Practical implication: The study contributes to practice since HBC
CSG can be used as a tool for improving the level of palliative care
among the PLHIV in the local community given that the care for
PLHIV has greatly moved away from the hospital-based to home based.
Novelty: Studies on Community support groups are still limited
since much of the literature originates from other parts save for
Uganda and it is worse for Lira district
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Keywords
CSG, HBC, PLHIV, ART, nutrition, palliative care
Citation
Auma, Z., Obici, G., & Mwesigwa, D. (2022). Community Support Groups and Home-Based Care among People Living HIV and AIDS in Uganda. Annals of Justice and Humanity, 1(2), 69-83