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Impact of HIV diagnosis in working women in the region of Antofagasta and the Metropolitan region

Authors

  • Natalia Leiva M. Universidad Central
  • Jazmín Ortíz Z. Universidad Central
  • Valeska Robles A. Universidad Central
  • Leonardo Vidal H. Universidad Central - Unidad de Gestión Clínica del Niño, Hospital Padre Hurtado.
Vol. 15 No. 2 (2015): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2015.38163

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present how an HIV diagnosis has affected Chilean women in their role as workers, from the perspective of the women themselves. It is qualitative research involving three interviews which HIV-positive women between the ages of 20 and 65 who have work experience prior to receiving their HIV diagnosis. The results identify that there is a difference in the women’s experience pre- and post-diagnosis, whereby to maintain their role as workers they hide their diagnosis from their employer and colleagues for fear of discrimination; that the women openly disclose their diagnosis in the social context in which they operate to avoid bias; or that they change their job. Thus, it is clear that the AIDS Chile legislation fails to offer real protection to ensure respect, execution of, and accountability regarding these rules being violated for women living with HIV. The diagnosed women suffer an occupational apartheid and occupational injustice, as they are unable to perform their role as workers due to the misunderstandings that exist in society regarding HIV and to the stigmas that surround it and, moreover, are victims of historical social biases that have favored women live hiding their HIV reality.

Keywords:

HIV, women, work, discrimination, occupational therapy, occupational apartheid

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Leiva M., N., Ortíz Z., J., Robles A., V., & Vidal H., L. (2015). Impact of HIV diagnosis in working women in the region of Antofagasta and the Metropolitan region. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2015.38163
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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