title: Routines, Hope, and Antiretroviral Treatment among Men and Women in Uganda.
abstract: Antiretroviral treatment programs, despite biomedical emphases, require social understanding and transformations to be successful. In this article, we draw from a qualitative study of HIV treatment seeking to examine the drug-taking routines and health-related subjectivities of men and women on antiretroviral treatment (ART) at two sites in Uganda. We show that while not all participants in ART programs understand clinical protocols in biomedical terms, they adopt treatment-taking strategies to integrate medication into daily practices and social spaces. In turn, these embedded practices and understandings shape long-term hopes and fears for living with HIV, including the possibility of a cure. More significant than new forms of citizenship or sociality, we suggest that quotidian dimensions of treatment normalization shape the long-term experience of medication and outlook for the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University.|Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda and Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Winchester
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University.|Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Janet W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University.|Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaawa-Mafigiri
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Namutiibwa
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ssendegye
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nalwoga
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kyarikunda
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Birungi
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kisakye
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ayebazibwe
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University, Kampala.|Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Eddy J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Walakira
authors.affiliation: Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.|Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rwabukwali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060432:Anthropology, Medical; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents
keywords: HIV; Uganda; antiretroviral treatment; routines