Améliorer la santé des personnes séropositives au VIH : SERONET, un nouvel outil de l'approche communautaire

Abstract

In developed countries, the lives of HIV seropositive patients have not been unaffected by the technological revolution initiated by internet. HIV seropositive patients use the Web as a tool for searching information, meeting other Web users and developing social networks. In July 2008, taking advantage of the advent of Web technology 2.0, AIDES, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting AIDS, launched Seronet, a website premised on a communitarian objective that aims to improve access to knowledge, provide a forum for sharing individual experience of the disease and break the cycle of isolation. Despite certain limitations, a relatively wide support network has gradually developed around Seronet. The long-term impact of this network on isolation, the development of autonomy, and the encouragement of a communitarian involvement of HIV-positive patients in terms of healthcare will need to be assessed.