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Submitting self to Allah: Care perception of persons living with HIV infection in Muslim community of Bandung, Indonesia
Kusman Ibrahim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Praneed Songwathana, Assist. Prof. Dr. Umaporn Boonyasopun
Universitas Padjadjaran, The 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences April 10th, 2010 Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University
Bahasa Inggris
Universitas Padjadjaran, The 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences April 10th, 2010 Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University
Allah, care, Indonesia, Muslim, persons living with HIV, submitting self
This focused ethnography aims to explore and describe the conceptions of care among people living with HIV infection (PLWH) in the Muslim community of Bandung, Indonesia. Twelve key informants and eight general informants were selected to participate in this study. Data collection included participant observation and interviewing. The Leininger’s ethnonursing phases of qualitative data analysis were used as the guideline in analyzing the data. Four major themes emerged from the data: accepting destiny of being an HIV infected person while submitting self to Allah (God) hoping for a better life, performing a maximum effort to maintain health, doing good deeds to compensate previous mistakes related to HIV, and caring as part of parenting responsibility. Health care providers, particularly nurses, could take benefits from this knowledge to design a culturally congruent care for PLWH as well as for their family.