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Poverty, disease progression and employment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia
Citation
Ezzy, D and de Visser, R and Bartos, M, Poverty, disease progression and employment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia, AIDS Care, 11, (4) pp. 405-414. ISSN 0954-0121 (1999) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1080/09540129947785
Abstract
A national survey of 925 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Australia is used to examine the relationship between disease progression, employment status, poverty and economic hardship. While disease progression has some impact on economic hardship, employment status is found to be the strongest determinant of both poverty and economic hardship. The most commonly cited reasons for leaving work were psychosocial (71%), with declining health cited by half of respondents. It is therefore argued that psychosocial issues are at least as important as changes in health in causing unemployment and therefore poverty and economic hardship among PLWHA in Australia.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
| Research Group: | Sociology |
| Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Other Health |
| Objective Field: | Health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Ezzy, D (Professor Douglas Ezzy) |
| ID Code: | 16432 |
| Year Published: | 1999 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 39 |
| Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
| Deposited On: | 1999-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2000-05-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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