Gender Dimensions, Food Security, and HIV and AIDS in Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) Camps in Uganda: Implications for HIV-Responsive Policy and Programming
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2008
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Social Work and Social Administration
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This study set out to investigate in specific terms how gender relations influence the
interaction between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS in two armed conflict-affected
districts, Gulu, in northern Uganda and Katakwi.
The study largely embraced qualitative and ethnographic approaches of investigation
supplemented by quantitative approaches. An exploratory and descriptive study design
largely applying an ethnographic approach was employed. This facilitated the research
team to gain a clear understanding of the local meanings and contextual issues that
influence interactions between gender, food insecurity, and risky sexual behavior in
situations of internal displacement. Quantitative variables were also generated from the
ethnographic phase of the study.
The ethnographic phase helped to clarify the key variables and indicators, such as the
extent of food insecurity, risky sexual behavior, perceived and actual risk to HIV
infection, that were followed up and measured using quantitative research instruments.
Since the whole philosophy underlying this research is to improve policy and
programming, the approach employed was a collaborative one that involved deliberate
consultation with relevant government departments as well as local and international
agencies involved in activities related to food security and HIV/AIDS in internally
displaced peoples (IDPs) camps.
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Bukuluki, P., Mugumya, F., Neema, S., & Ochen, E. A. (2008). Gender dimensions, food security, and HIV and AIDS in Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) camps in Uganda: Implications for HIV-responsive policy and programming’. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University.