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‘There’s no pill to help you deal with the guilt and shame’: Contemporary experiences of HIV in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2019). ‘There’s no pill to help you deal with the guilt and shame’: Contemporary experiences of HIV in the United Kingdom. Health, 23(1), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459317739436

© The Author(s) 2017. The experience of living with HIV, in the global north, has changed significantly over the past 20 years. This is largely the result of effective biomedical methods of treatment and prevention. HIV is now widely considered to be... Read More about ‘There’s no pill to help you deal with the guilt and shame’: Contemporary experiences of HIV in the United Kingdom.

Problematising the discourse of 'Post-AIDS' (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (in press). Problematising the discourse of 'Post-AIDS'. Journal of Medical Humanities, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-017-9433-9

This paper reflects on the meanings of ‘post-AIDS’ in the Global North and Global South. I bring together a range of contemporary arguments to suggest that the notion of ‘post-AIDS’ is, at best, misplaced, not least because its starting point remains... Read More about Problematising the discourse of 'Post-AIDS'.

Chronic illness, vulnerability and social work: Autoimmunity in the contemporary disease experience (2015)
Book
Price, L., & Walker, L. (2015). Chronic illness, vulnerability and social work: Autoimmunity in the contemporary disease experience. Routledge

Whilst the body has recently assumed greater sociological significance, there has been less engagement in social work and social care on the bodily experience of health, illness and disease. This innovative volume redresses the balance by exploring c... Read More about Chronic illness, vulnerability and social work: Autoimmunity in the contemporary disease experience.

Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania (2012)
Thesis
Kelly, L. L. (2012). Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216392

This thesis presents an exploration of the personal HIV/AIDS prevention strategies of young adolescents in Tanzania. Most of the 209 research participants were aged 10-15. They included students, those out of school and ‘street children’. In this mul... Read More about Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania.

Motivations, migration and experiences of black African nurses in the United Kingdom (2011)
Thesis
Likupe, G. (2011). Motivations, migration and experiences of black African nurses in the United Kingdom. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211909

This thesis explores experiences of black African nurses from sub-Saharan Africa in the UK. The exploration starts with motivational factors which cause black African nurses to migrate, as it is argued that migration trajectories have an influence on... Read More about Motivations, migration and experiences of black African nurses in the United Kingdom.

'My biggest fear was that people would reject me once they knew my status...': Stigma as experienced by patients in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Gilbert, L., & Walker, L. (2010). 'My biggest fear was that people would reject me once they knew my status...': Stigma as experienced by patients in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(2), 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00881.x

Stigma is not a new concept; however, it remains highly significant in the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. There is wide consensus that HIV/AIDS-related stigma compromises the well-being of people living with the disease. This paper is part of a... Read More about 'My biggest fear was that people would reject me once they knew my status...': Stigma as experienced by patients in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

'His mam, my dad, my girlfriend, loads of people used to bring him up': the value of social support for (ex) offender fathers (2010)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2010). 'His mam, my dad, my girlfriend, loads of people used to bring him up': the value of social support for (ex) offender fathers. Child & family social work, 15(2), 238-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00664.x

This research analyses key findings from qualitative research conducted with (ex) offender fathers and their probation officers. This paper focuses on the critical role of family and social support for (ex) offender fathers who seek to build and main... Read More about 'His mam, my dad, my girlfriend, loads of people used to bring him up': the value of social support for (ex) offender fathers.

"They (ARVs) are my life, without them I'm nothing" - experiences of patients attending a HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa (2009)
Journal Article
Gilbert, L., & Walker, L. (2009). "They (ARVs) are my life, without them I'm nothing" - experiences of patients attending a HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Health and Place, 15(4), 1123-1129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.06.006

This paper is a part of a larger study that explores the "social complexity" of antiretroviral therapy (ART), in resource-limited environments. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a sample of 44 patients in an urban HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, S... Read More about "They (ARVs) are my life, without them I'm nothing" - experiences of patients attending a HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

'My son gave birth to me': offending fathers - generative, reflexive and risky? (2009)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2010). 'My son gave birth to me': offending fathers - generative, reflexive and risky?. The British journal of social work, 40(5), 1402-1418. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcp063

This paper analyses key findings from narrative interviews with 16 (ex) offender fathers. All fathers interviewed served custodial sentences, ranging from 6 months to 14 years, and were on licence at the time of interview. This research focuses on th... Read More about 'My son gave birth to me': offending fathers - generative, reflexive and risky?.

Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource? (2008)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2008). Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource?. Prison service journal, 8-12

Fatherhood has been the subject of growing academic, media and policy focus.  In recent years politicians and social policy-makers have turned their attention to the role of fathers in the family.  Stanley and Gamble identify two social trends which... Read More about Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource?.

Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module (2007)
Journal Article
Wray, J., Walker, L., & Fell, B. (2008). Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module. Nurse education today, 28(4), 513-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.011

Background: Front line health care professionals have a responsibility to ensure that excluded groups and vulnerable people have equitable access to health care services. This obligation is stated explicitly in the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code... Read More about Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module.

Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study (2007)
Journal Article
Posel, D., Kahn, K., & Walker, L. (2007). Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study. Scandinavian journal of public health, 35(SUPPL. 69), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/14034950701356443

Aims: To examine how a rural community profoundly affected by escalating rates of largely AIDS-related deaths of young and middle-aged people makes sense of this phenomenon and its impact on their everyday lives. Methods: Data were collected in Aginc... Read More about Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study.

Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994 (2005)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2005). Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994. Culture, health & sexuality, 7(3), 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691050410001713215

Liberal versions of sexuality, which mark South Africa's new democracy, have had a number of highly contradictory consequences for women and men, as old notions of masculinity and male privilege have been destabilized. The transition to democracy has... Read More about Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994.

The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession (2005)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2005). The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(2), 348-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870420000315889

This article explores meanings of whiteness through a case study of the South African Society of Medical Women [SASMW]. It unpacks the social meanings attached to being a white woman doctor in South Africa under apartheid, through an analysis of the... Read More about The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession.