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Volume 13 Issue 3 - Page 4 March 2005

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Interviews with BABES

Are you interested in what BABES are saying? We asked three questions in recent phone calls and personal interviews with BABES members.

  1. How does your family support you now that you are HIV Positive?
  2. What kind of support do you need that you have difficulty receiving from your family?
  3. Do you have difficulty asking for support? And if so, what kind of progress have you made in learning how to ask for the help you need?

Here are the answers from 6 women we interviewed:

  • Anonymous:
  • They support me emotionally.
  • Being able to talk about HIV/AIDS.
  • Yes, trying to be more open about my disease.
  • Suzanne:
  • They don't support me. I moved here from Portland not really for suport but to just be in the family circle.
  • Transportation and Socialization.
  • Yes, I will try to find another alternative before I ask my family because I hate rejection.
  • Jeannine:
  • My children are my immediate family and they are my support.
  • I would love to have financial support.
  • No, but I wouldn't ask because I know they are not financially capable. But if they could they would.
  • Suzie:
  • They do everything they can emotionally and financially.
  • A social relationship.
  • No. But I usually get around to asking.
  • Madeline:
  • My family is my support: "Big Support!".
  • Though my family is supportive my biggest concern is not having income, "A job." It worries me knowing that my grown children are having problems supporting themselves and family.
  • Heck no! If I need it I am going to ask.
  • MIndy:
  • They are more concerned about my health and more willing to learn about the disease.
  • I would like to talk more about my past. It isn't that great but no one really wants to talk about it.
  • No. I feel like I can ask my family for just about anything now.

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Entrevista con las BABES

¿Estás interesada en los que las BABES están diciendo? Entrevistamos por teléfono y personalmente a algunas BABES sobre las siguientes preguntas:

  1. ¿Cómo te apoya tu familia ahora que ere VIH positivo?
  2. ¿Qué tipo de apoyo necesitas y que ha sido difícil recibir de tu familia?
  3. ¿Tienes dificultades para pedir apoyo? Si así fuera, ¿qué progresos has hecho para aprender a pedir la ayuda que necesitas?

Aquí están las respuestas de 4 mujeres entrevistadas:

  • Anonimo::
  • Ellos me apoyan emocionamente.
  • Ser capaces de hablar sobre el VIH y SIDA.
  • Si, tratando de ser mas abierta sobre mi enfermedad.
  • Suzanne:
  • Ellos no me apoyan. Yo me mude aca desde Portland, no para recibir apoyo pero para estar en un circulo familiar.
  • Transporte y Socializacion.
  • Si, tratando de ser mas abierta sobre mi enfermedad.
  • Jeannine:
  • Mis hijos son mi familia immediata y ellos son mi apoyo.
  • Me encantaria tener apoyo financiero.
  • No, pero no pediria porque se que ellos no son capaces financieramente. Sin embargo, si ellos pudieran, ellos me apoyarian.
  • Suzie:
  • Ellos hacen cualquier cosa que puedan emocionalmente y financieramente.
  • Una relacion social..
  • ¡NO! Toma tiempo pero voy aprendiendo.
  • Madeline:
  • Mi familia es mi apoyo: "¡Un gran apoyo!"
  • Aunque mi familia me apoya, mi gran preocupacion es no tener un sueldo, "un trabajo". Me precoupa saber que mis jihos mayores estan teniendo problemas para apoyarse ellos mismos y a su familia.
  • ¡NO! Si necesito apoyo, voy a pedirlo.
  • Mindy:
  • Ellos estan mas preocupados en mi salud y mas deseosos de aprender sobre la enfermedad.
  • Me gustaria hablar sobre mi pasado. No es lo mejor pero ninguno quiere hablar sobre ello..
  • ¡NO! Siento que puedo pedir a mi familia cualquier cosa ahora.

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