TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining Family Networks of HIV+ Women in Drug Recovery
T2 - Challenges and Opportunities
AU - Mitrani, Victoria B.
AU - Weiss-Laxer, Nomi S.
AU - Ow, Christina E.
AU - Ross-Russell, Samantha
AU - Burns, Myron J.
AU - Feaster, Daniel J.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - HIV/AIDS is recognized as affecting and being affected by the family. HIV+ women in drug recovery and their families are particularly at risk due to family disruption and stigma. Yet family research with HIV+ adults is hampered by the challenges of defining the family, engaging family members into research, and tracking changes in family composition. In this paper we describe the family context of 144 HIV+ women in drug abuse recovery who are enrolled in a randomized trial of a family intervention to improve medication adherence and reduce relapse. Family was defined to include the women's household members, romantic partners, children and their caregivers, and others identified as a major source of support. The women reported on a total of 651 family members. We describe the family and household networks, romantic partnerships, and parenting arrangements of our participants. We also describe family member enrollment in the research study and the stability of romantic partnerships, parenting, and living arrangements over 1 year. We conclude with methodological implications for future family based clinical research with HIV+ adults.
AB - HIV/AIDS is recognized as affecting and being affected by the family. HIV+ women in drug recovery and their families are particularly at risk due to family disruption and stigma. Yet family research with HIV+ adults is hampered by the challenges of defining the family, engaging family members into research, and tracking changes in family composition. In this paper we describe the family context of 144 HIV+ women in drug abuse recovery who are enrolled in a randomized trial of a family intervention to improve medication adherence and reduce relapse. Family was defined to include the women's household members, romantic partners, children and their caregivers, and others identified as a major source of support. The women reported on a total of 651 family members. We describe the family and household networks, romantic partnerships, and parenting arrangements of our participants. We also describe family member enrollment in the research study and the stability of romantic partnerships, parenting, and living arrangements over 1 year. We conclude with methodological implications for future family based clinical research with HIV+ adults.
KW - family
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - substance abuse
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1037/a0017116
DO - 10.1037/a0017116
M3 - Article
C2 - 19803620
AN - SCOPUS:72049108053
VL - 27
SP - 267
EP - 283
JO - Family Systems Medicine
JF - Family Systems Medicine
SN - 1091-7527
IS - 3
ER -
