title: "Social Crimes": Understandings of HIV/AIDS as a Disease Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Vietnam.
abstract: Grandparent caregivers are vital to the survival of grandchildren who are orphaned and who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the meaning of HIV as a disease among grandparents raising grandchildren orphaned by HIV/AIDS in northern Vietnam and to gain insight into how this understanding affected grandparents' relationships and health-seeking decisions. Results indicated that grandparents had knowledge deficits about the biomedical aspects of the disease and often hid their grandchildren's HIV status or preferred not to seek testing. Effective interventions must address stigma reduction, family relationships, and access to health care to increase testing and treatment of grandchildren.
authors.affiliation: a University of Louisville , Louisville , Kentucky , USA.
authors.forename: Lesley M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: b Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto , California , USA.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boggiano
authors.affiliation: c Cooperation and Development , Hai Phong , Vietnam.
authors.forename: Duy Thang
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D000066502:Grandparents; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D057545:Social Stigma; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: HIV/AIDS; Vietnam; grandparent caregiving; grandparents' understanding of HIV