title: The Socioeconomic Implications among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Sudan: Challenges and Coping Strategies.
abstract: To determine the socioeconomic impacts among HIV-infected persons in Sudan and examine whether there are significant variations in coping strategies between infected men and women, a primary survey was conducted among infected persons (n = 555). Discriminant function was used to analyze the data. We found significant variation in the coping strategies (<.001). HIV/AIDS impacts were more critical for women. Infected people have 3 alternatives in coping with the changes in their income and expenditure, that is, borrow, utilize savings, or sell assets. Policy makers should consider economic information in planning health care to mitigate the impacts and remove the gender gap.
authors.affiliation: 1 Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan National AIDS Control Program, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Salwa M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.affiliation: 2 Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Fatimah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kari
authors.affiliation: 3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Adeeba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamarulzaman
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013397:Sudan; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV/AIDS; PLHIV; Sudan; coping strategies; discriminant