Stigma and Women with HIV/AIDS in North Sulawesi

Leviane J. H. Lotulung, Sintje A. Rondonuwu, Selvie M. Tumengkol

2019

Abstract

Women with HIV/AIDS, experienced so far continue to be shunned by families and even surrounding communities, due to the illness they suffer. While this disease, is not always related to oneself with HIV / AIDS with HIV, AIDS, or HIV, but many other causes that they become ODHA. Social punishment for people with HIV/AIDS is more severe when compared with sufferers of other diseases. The negative stigma announced by HIV / AIDS women because of their negative behaviour in free sex or injection needle users seriously hurt them. Not infrequently they become loners or are indeed exiled and have no longer interacted with the environment as a result, in which they will form a negative self-concept. George Mead & Herber Blumer. Because they want to enjoy the experience of women from households with HIV / AIDS and how to interpret them related to self-concept. The reason, because in this study, the researchers wanted to explore the experiences of women (not CSWs) sufferers of HIV / AIDS in the City of Bitung and Manado. In this study, the sampling technique used was purposive. While the data collection techniques used are in-depth interviews, observation, and document review.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

J. H. Lotulung L., A. Rondonuwu S. and M. Tumengkol S. (2019). Stigma and Women with HIV/AIDS in North Sulawesi. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE, ISBN 978-989-758-530-2, pages 438-441. DOI: 10.5220/0010686600002967

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icvhe19,
author={Leviane J. H. Lotulung and Sintje A. Rondonuwu and Selvie M. Tumengkol},
title={Stigma and Women with HIV/AIDS in North Sulawesi},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,},
year={2019},
pages={438-441},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010686600002967},
isbn={978-989-758-530-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,
TI - Stigma and Women with HIV/AIDS in North Sulawesi
SN - 978-989-758-530-2
AU - J. H. Lotulung L.
AU - A. Rondonuwu S.
AU - M. Tumengkol S.
PY - 2019
SP - 438
EP - 441
DO - 10.5220/0010686600002967