Abstract

CHONG-VILLARREAL, Francisco et al. Family Strategies of Men and Women with HIV Who Seek to Meet Material Needs in the Soconusco, Chiapas. LiminaR [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.1, pp.177-192. ISSN 2007-8900.

In this study, we interviewed seven women and twelve men with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) living in poverty in the Soconusco region in the state of Chiapas. Family strategies are analyzed below to cover their material needs. Although the stigma associated with HIV and Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is present in your life, it was found that the extendedfamily -parents, children, grandparents, uncles, grandchildren- of those people, after an adaptation process, play an important role to meet the needs for food, transportation and housing.

Keywords : extended family; people with HIV; poverty; social action; agency.

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