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HIV / AIDS ‐related stigma and information behaviour: an ethnographic study in the UK
Author(s) -
Namuleme Robinah Kalemeera
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12090
Subject(s) - ethnography , stigma (botany) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , perspective (graphical) , feature (linguistics) , medicine , sociology , gerontology , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , computer science , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy , anthropology
This feature explores the information behaviour of people infected with or affected by HIV / AIDS . It investigates specifically the difficult issue of stigma and how this shapes the ways in which people interact with vital information. The study adopted an ethnographic whereby the researcher worked as a part‐time volunteer at an HIV support centre in the North of England for over a year. This is the first time that such an approach has been reported in this feature and is interesting from this perspective alone. The very rich data which was gathered as a result of the approach is also instructive. The study formed part of a PhD thesis, which Robinah Kalemeera Namuleme completed at the University of Sheffield in March 2013.