Gaining a "normal life": HIV-positive Indonesian female injection drug users in drug recovery. Issue 1 (1st February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yona, Sri; Ismail, Rita; Nurachmah, Elly; Levy, Judith; Norr, Kathleen
• Is Part Of: Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. Volume 20:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2021-02-01
• Subjects: Indonesian female drug users -- women in drug recovery -- HIV; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- United States -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- United States -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- United States -- Periodicals; Substance-Related Disorders -- ethnology -- Periodicals; 362.29089
• DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2019.1598904
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2640

Abstract

Abstract: The number of female injection drug users in Indonesia is rapidly increasing. This study explores the experiences of women living with HIV in recovery from heroin injection. Using a ground theory approach, 22 women former drug users in Jakarta participated in this study. Six themes emerged: the challenges of quitting, the role of self-motivation, the utility of methadone treatment, the importance of partner and family support, the transformation of "self" and situation, and the rewards of a normal life if successful. These women's accounts point to the personal and cultural challenges that they faced as women, wives, and mothers.