Gender dimension of HIV health care services and treatment of Myanmar migrant workers in Mae Sot, Thailand | |
| Author | Naing Aung Lynn |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GD-14-09 |
| Subject(s) | Health services accessibility--Thailand--Mae Sot AIDS (Disease) in women--Thailand--Mae Sot HIV-positive women--Thailand--Mae Sot Burmese--Thailand--Mae Sot |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no.GD-14-09 |
| Abstract | This study aims to explore condition of HIV health care access by Myanmar migrants living with HIV in Mae Sot, Tak province of Thailand and how heavily rooted stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS hindered utilizing HIV health care and services for them. There are also many factors such as migrants legal status, not knowing specific language, their struggle for daily survival, ashamed of people knowing their HIV status, discrimination by health care providers, insufficient funding for provision of ARV drug, lack of HIV/AIDS knowledge, inaccessible health care setting, lack of well trained HIV health care providers and inconsistent provision of ARV drug rendered barriers and obstacles to access and seek HIV health care services when they are in need of the ARV drug in serious condition. The study also answers availability of the HIV health care services for marginalized population, migrants living with HIV to which extent. Moreover, how stigma, gender ideology, cultural barriers, legal status, poor educational background and poor financial status shaped migrants’ HIV health care seeking behaviour and negatively affect life-long treatment of quality HIV heath care service as well. As a result of my analysis, I will argue for the fact that because of lack of HIV/AIDS knowledge and late diagnosis hampered migrants seeking HIV health care services and importance of voluntary counselling and testing will strengthen the lives of people living with HIV. In the mean time, I am very much hopeful for the fact that the finding of the study will contribute the idea of improvement of provision of quality HIV health care access to migrant population as well as to reduce the stigma, discrimination and institutionalized barriers and obstacles to migrant population who are considered one the most marginalized groups of people in effective and equitable fashion for the betterment of their health care and quality life. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no.GD-14-09 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Gender and Development Studies (GD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Doneys, Philippe; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko;Grünbühel, Clemens M. ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Consortium of Development Studies in Southeast Asia (CDSSEA), Thailand; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |