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Household capacity and "coping up" in rural Zambia : dealing with AIDS, other illness and adversity in Chiawa (1998)
Thesis
Bond, V. A. (1998). Household capacity and "coping up" in rural Zambia : dealing with AIDS, other illness and adversity in Chiawa. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210650

A synonym for "dealing with", "coping up" is a common Zambian expression in the 1990's' as households face pressing problems in the context of economic hardship and HIV/AIDS. Through the lens of seven rural households in Chiawa (a chieftaincy on the... Read More about Household capacity and "coping up" in rural Zambia : dealing with AIDS, other illness and adversity in Chiawa.

Treatment seeking behaviour among poor urban women in Kampala Uganda (1997)
Thesis
Kyomuhendo, G. B. (1997). Treatment seeking behaviour among poor urban women in Kampala Uganda. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211577

This thesis examines women's treatment seeking behaviour for their own illnesses and that of children underfive in Kamwokya . The focus is on the extent to which women's access to money and time use patterns affect treatment seeking. It has been argu... Read More about Treatment seeking behaviour among poor urban women in Kampala Uganda.

Reproductive identity and the proper woman : the response of urban women to AIDS in Uganda (1995)
Thesis
Ogden, J. A. (1995). Reproductive identity and the proper woman : the response of urban women to AIDS in Uganda. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210782

This thesis considers the extent to which factors involved in women's reproductive identity construction constrain their capacity to protect themselves from HIV infection. It proposes that currently available prevention methods are impracticable for... Read More about Reproductive identity and the proper woman : the response of urban women to AIDS in Uganda.

Married to the state : mothering on welfare : survival strategies of single mothers in a UK public housing estate (1994)
Thesis
Emptage, T. M. (1994). Married to the state : mothering on welfare : survival strategies of single mothers in a UK public housing estate. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210565

This thesis provides an ethnographic account of the lives of single mothers subsisting on Department of Social Security (DSS) benefits in a large public housing estate where unemployment rates are very high and traditional nuclear families are the ex... Read More about Married to the state : mothering on welfare : survival strategies of single mothers in a UK public housing estate.