TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing barriers and facilitators of implementing an integrated HIV prevention and property rights program in Western Kenya
AU - Lu, Tiffany
AU - Zwicker, Lindsey
AU - Kwena, Zachary
AU - Bukusi, Elizabeth
AU - Mwaura-Muiru, Esther
AU - Dworkin, Shari L.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Despite the recognized need for structural HIV prevention interventions, few scientific programs have integrated women's property and inheritance rights with HIV prevention and treatment. The current study focused on a community-led land and property rights intervention that was implemented in two rural areas of Western Kenya with high HIV prevalence rates (24-30%). The program was designed to respond to women's property rights violations in order to reduce HIV risk at the local level. Through in-depth interviews with twenty program leaders, we identified several facilitators to program implementation, including the leadership of home-based HIV caregivers and involvement of traditional leaders in mediating property rights disputes. We also identified the voluntary basis of the intervention and its lack of integration with the formal justice system as implementation barriers. Our findings can guide future research and design of structural HIV prevention strategies that integrate women's economic empowerment through property and inheritance rights.
AB - Despite the recognized need for structural HIV prevention interventions, few scientific programs have integrated women's property and inheritance rights with HIV prevention and treatment. The current study focused on a community-led land and property rights intervention that was implemented in two rural areas of Western Kenya with high HIV prevalence rates (24-30%). The program was designed to respond to women's property rights violations in order to reduce HIV risk at the local level. Through in-depth interviews with twenty program leaders, we identified several facilitators to program implementation, including the leadership of home-based HIV caregivers and involvement of traditional leaders in mediating property rights disputes. We also identified the voluntary basis of the intervention and its lack of integration with the formal justice system as implementation barriers. Our findings can guide future research and design of structural HIV prevention strategies that integrate women's economic empowerment through property and inheritance rights.
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U2 - 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.2.151
DO - 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.2.151
M3 - Article
C2 - 23514082
AN - SCOPUS:84877298853
SN - 0899-9546
VL - 25
SP - 151
EP - 163
JO - AIDS Education and Prevention
JF - AIDS Education and Prevention
IS - 2
ER -