Chipawe Cane, Tam Pheona (2017) Interprofessional working: adoption assessments for people living with HIV. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare. 00-00. ISSN 2056-4902 (Online) (doi:10.1108/IJHRH-02-2017-0005)

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Abstract

Purpose:
The paper aims to propose that interprofessional working between professionals who work with people living with HIV (PLWHIV) contributes to improvements in the health, social care needs and long-term outcomes of PLWHIV. Interprofessional working initiatives have been useful in promoting successful frameworks used towards improving various aspects of the HIV disease family planning and transmission prevention. The paper proposes that interprofessional working is important in elevating stigma and discrimination that sometimes prevent PLWHIV from successfully achieving parenthood through adoption. The objective of this study is to contribute to social work practice and literature that supports adoption.

Design/methodology/approach:
This paper draws on an interpretative phenomenological (IPA) study looking at the experiences of PLWHIV going through the adoption process. The study relied on in-depth interviews with 6 PLWHIV who had gone through the adoption process and presented views regarding a need for better collaborative working by those assessing PLWHIV going through adoption. The sample was purpose and homogeneous. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using IPA framework. Transcripts had been written up and analysed individually. Following which a cross case analysis to create meaning and conceptual understanding that was common among all cases.

Findings:
Drawing on themes around interprofessional working, this paper argues that there is a need for improved and transparent interprofessional working models within adoption systems. The paper provides conceptual understanding around interprofessional working and how this can be brought about to support the needs of PLWHIV seeking to adopt children. It proposes that working in isolation will leave PLWHIV feeling that the adoption process is ambiguous and unfair, yet efforts to combat this are evident in healthcare settings.

Research limitations/implications:
Limitations to this study include an acceptable but small convenience sample within IPA methodological approaches. This is a hard to reach sample and results may not be generalizable.

Practical implications:
This paper opens a dialogue for discussing issues around the adoption for PLWHIV and informing professionals about increasing opportunities for PLWHIV to adopt children where there is a high demand for adoptive parents.

Originality/value:
This paper meets an identified need to explore how PLWHIV can be supported to achieve parenthood. The paper expands on existing knowledge around the need to provide fertility treatment to PLWHIV. It suggest that child adoption can be promoted through child adoption and ultimately promoting normalcy around the desires of PLWHIV to achieve parenthood using non traditional methods of conception.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	HIV, Adoption, Interprofessional working, Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Health & Society Research Group
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2018 00:38
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17587

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