@article{Pamukhti_Erawati_Muniroh_Dewi_2021, title={EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN SURVIVING LIFE}, volume={10}, url={https://ejournal-kertacendekia.id/index.php/nhjk/article/view/293}, DOI={10.36720/nhjk.v10i2.293}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> Fear of contracting HIV in the community causes discrimination and stigma to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) because people still consider HIV/AIDS taboo. Many of the sufferers struggle to reveal their HIV status to others, but they get negative results such as rejection, stigmatization and even discrimination which can be a high psychological burden. Stigma and discrimination against PLWHA are the main obstacles to achieving a good quality of life.</p> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> This study is intended to explore the in-depth experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS in surviving life.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> This research is a phenomenological case study. The sample in this study amounted to three people who were recruited from Healthy Loving Care Foundation Semarang City. The sample was determined using a purposive sampling technique according to the inclusion criteria, that is age 20 and 50 years, diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, conscious, cooperative, not experiencing cognitive, hearing and speech disorders, willing to participate in the study by signing the informed consent.&nbsp; The data was collected by in-depth online interviews and then recorded in transcripts and analyzed using Amedeo Giorgi’s data analysis technique.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> This study showed that participants experience adversity due to HIV/AIDS but the participants get out of their slump by accepting their illness, taking treatment, finding a support system and becoming a positive people. The participants also in living their lives keep their illness a secret to survive so as not to experience bad stigma or discrimination. The results of this study reveal one main theme, Experiences of People living with HIV in Surviving life.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This study found the support received by participants and the response of participants to their condition as an effort to survive their lives.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Nurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan}, author={Pamukhti, Bagas Biyanzah Drajad and Erawati, Meira and Muniroh, Muflihatul and Dewi, Nur Setiawati}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={292-303} }