论文标题:‘If nurses were in our shoes would they breastfeed their own babies?’ A qualitative inquiry on challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers on the PMTCT programme in a rural community in Zimbabwe
期刊:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
作者:Zibusiso Nyati-Jokomo, Inam Chitsike, Elizabeth Mbizvo James January
每年的8月1-7日是世界母乳喂养周,此前我们与您分享了Breastfeeding in Public专辑精选。今天,让我们聚焦津巴布韦,了解HIV携带母亲的困扰。
预防母婴传播(Prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission)项目的目的是通过对怀孕和哺乳期的HIV携带女性进行治疗,从而降低出生时具有HIV病毒感染的婴儿的比率。这些计划若能落实会效果显著,但难就难在坚持实施这些计划。最近在BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 上发表的一篇定性论文的作者们采访了在母乳喂养过程中以及在坚持预防项目过程中遇到困难的女性,在本文中她们将谈谈所了解到的内容。
我们的定性研究显示,艾滋的污名化,无论是切身经历还是一种感觉,都是真实存在的。一名女性觉得人们在八卦她的艾滋病情:每当我接近别人时,他们就会转变话题,你能感觉到他们在谈论你。而另一名女性则觉得人们不愿意靠近她,就好像我身上有一股臭味。雪上加霜的是,卫生服务提供者也有可能无意间会增强这种耻辱感,比如他们会在特定时间看望HIV感染者,从而给他们贴上了those for tablets(服药者)的标签(当地对接受ART患者的称呼)。
The Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in Zimbabwe has had remarkable success despite the country’s economic challenges. The aim of this study was to explore the challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers on the PMTCT programme.
Method
Narratives from 15 women (age range 19–35 years) were collected at two rural health facilities in Zimbabwe through in-depth interviews over a period of 6 months. Thematic analysis was used to describe breastfeeding mothers’ experiences and challenges of being on the PMTCT programme.
Results
The findings suggest that breastfeeding women on the PMTCT programme face challenges that include internal, external and institutional stigma and discrimination. Women reported a sense of powerlessness in decision making on following through with the PMTCT programme and were ambivalent regarding disclosure of their HIV status to their partners and significant others.
Conclusion
HIV and AIDS programmes should pay attention to women’s readiness for interventions. There is need to understand women’s life experiences to ensure informed and targeted programming for PMTCT.