Information Disconnects for People Infected with, or Affected by HIV/AIDS
Keywords:
Information disconnects, stigmatising information, misinformation, lack of information, information overload, HIV/AIDSAbstract
This paper describes the results of an ethnography. It is to generate indepth knowledge of the real world “live information experiences”, including the complexities and subtleties of HIV/AIDS related information behaviour. It also considers the factors that influence this behaviour within the context of people affected by HIV/AIDS. The ultimate aim is to determine the potential role that information management could played the fight against HIV and AIDS. The focus of this paper is “information disconnects”, one of the contextual factors that influenced access to and use of HIV and AIDS related information. The results of this investigation are discussed in the context of the feasibility of developing an HIV and AIDS- related information strategy to address the identified information disconnects by guiding the design, management, and dissemination of usable, accurate, reliable and up-to date HIV and AIDS-related information required to mitigate HIV and AIDS.
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