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HIV/AIDS Stigma, Denial, Fear and Discrimination: experiences and responses of people from African and Caribbean communities in Toronto

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A report from a study of the same name that took place between 2004 and 2006 which covered men and women from the Ethiopian, Kenyan, Somali, Guyanese, Jamaican and Trinidadian communities. The report ...

Last updated on May 24 2012 at 18:57

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To describe information about HIV/AIDS in a youth population under 18 years of age affected with HIV/AIDS and caregivers in five Colombian cities: Cali, Buenaventura, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, and Ca ...

Last updated on May 24 2012 at 18:13

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HIV is over-represented in correction facilities. Health organizations have provided a framework for effective response to HIV/AIDS in prisons yet many countries lack prison-based HIV prevention and t ...

Last updated on May 29 2012 at 15:37

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This Spanish language document is a tool for the educational community that offers a methodology for sensitisation and capacity building on stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS. It also ...

Last updated on June 28 2012 at 19:35

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Shame has been shown to predict sexual HIV transmission risk behavior, medication non-adherence, symptomatic HIV or AIDS, and symptoms of depression and PTSD. However, there remains a dearth of tools ...

Last updated on June 26 2012 at 21:16

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While stigma associated with HIV infection is well recognised, there is limited information on the impact of HIV-related stigma between men who have sex with men and within communities of gay men. The ...

Last updated on June 26 2012 at 22:10

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Individuals working in the sex industry continue to experience many negative health outcomes. As such, disentangling the factors shaping poor health access remains a critical public health priority. W ...

Last updated on January 3 2012 at 14:06

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HIV-related stigma may negatively impact the health, quality of life, social support and well-being of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Previous studies have used diverse samples and a multitude of mea ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 18:44

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This study assessed the programmes, resources, and needs of HIV-prevention nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 75 countries in Africa, Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and th ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 18:29

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PURPOSE: When healthcare workers have stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV it may lead to discriminatory behavior that interferes with prevention, treatment, and care. This research ex ...

Last updated on October 11 2011 at 19:45

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By 2015, approximately half of adults with HIV in the United States will be 50 and older. The demographic changes in this population due to successful treatment represent a unique challenge, not only ...

Last updated on October 11 2011 at 19:35

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Differences in relationship power dynamics or migration factors may affect knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in resettling Migrant w ...

Last updated on October 11 2011 at 16:40

The Stigma of Tuberculosis

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In the mid-19th century, colloquial names for tuberculosis, such as the white plague, with reference to the pallor common in patients with tuberculosis, and consumption, reflecting the atrophy of an i ...

Last updated on September 6 2011 at 14:44

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Objectives. This study explores the contribution of psychosocial factors on sex behaviors of midlife and older women. Methods. A community-based sample of ethnically diverse women (N = 572) between th ...

Last updated on July 19 2011 at 14:12

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In Mexico, male sex workers (MSW) and travesti, transgender and transsexual (TTT) sex workers are among the groups most affected by HIV. They suffer from stigma and discrimination, yet are often absen ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 19:28

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Research on adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy has up to now focused largely upon problems of definition and measurement, and on the identification of barriers and supports. This paper ex ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 19:21

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Little is known about how people living with HIV in low prevalence contexts face the challenges of stigma and discrimination. Low prevalence and rural communities are unique environments in which HIV- ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 19:12

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Individuals living with HIV often have complicated histories, including negative experiences such as traumatic events, mental illness, and stigma. As the medical community in the United States adapts ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 18:54

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HIV-related stigmatization remains a potent stressor for HIV-positive people. This study examined the relationships among stigma-related experiences and depression, medication adherence, serostatus di ...

Last updated on July 13 2011 at 21:44

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Recent evidence from several sources suggest that Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)1 are at marked risk for HIV infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia, Africa, Latin America and t ...

Last updated on June 22 2011 at 15:50

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AIDS stigmas create significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and care and can become internalized by people living with HIV/AIDS. We developed a psychometric scale to measure internalized AIDS ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 17:37

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Two studies were conducted to develop scales for assessing self-efficacy to disclose HIV status to sex partners and negotiate safer sex practices among people living with HIV/AIDS. Elicitation researc ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:38

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The objective of this study was to culturally adapt and validate a scale to measure HIV-related felt stigma in a group of People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Puerto Rico. The researchers conducted ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:35

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For most of the score of years that the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has been with us, we have been concerned with the care of and attitudes toward AIDS patients. As the treatment and fa ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:48

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The purpose of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Berger HIV Stigma Scale in an urban Spanish-speaking population in Peru and create a valid and reliable abridged version of the sca ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:46

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The purpose of this study is to explore the validity of a scale designed to measure HIV stigma and identify potential subscales. A nonrandom sample of 88 individuals, 44 between the ages of 20 and 39 ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:44

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Stigma associated with HIV infection can unfavorably impact the lives and behavior of people living with HIV/AIDS. The HIV Stigma Scale was designed to measure the perception of stigma by those who ar ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:43

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An instrument to measure the stigma perceived by people with HIV was developed based on the literature on stigma and psychosocial aspects of having HIV. Items surviving two rounds of content review we ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:42

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Twenty-three U.S. states currently have laws that make it a crime for persons who have HIV to engage in various sexual behaviors without, in most cases, disclosing their HIV-positive status to prospec ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:28

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HIV stigma militates against prevention and care efforts and is a significant problem in sub-Saharan Africa. During 2001-2003, after collaboration with CDC scientists from the Centers for Disease Cont ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 16:57

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This investigation examined the interaction of disengagement coping with HIV/AIDS-related stigma and mindful-based attention and awareness in regard to anxiety and depressive symptoms among people wit ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:23

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Client anxiety is often associated with diagnostic testing. In this study, the authors used a grounded theory approach to examine the situational and social factors underlying anxiety associated with ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:16

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Stigma profoundly affects the lives of people with HIV/AIDS. Fear of being identified as having HIV or AIDS may discourage a person from getting tested, from accessing medical services and medications ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:14

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BACKGROUND: The ethical issues associated with HIV and AIDS are challenging and complex because of beliefs about HIV and AIDS, stigma surrounding the epidemic, lack of knowledge, and fear. Both South ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 21:43

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The purpose of this review paper is to provide information and guidance to those in the health care setting about why it is important to combat HIV-related stigma and how to successfully address its c ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:13

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BACKGROUND: Women of color comprise a growing proportion of U.S. HIV/AIDS cases and are poorly represented in HIV/AIDS clinical trials. Improved understanding of reasons for low Latina representation ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 16:48

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This 45-page report says that prisoners in the HIV units are forced to wear armbands or other indicators of their HIV status, are forced to eat and even worship separately, and are denied equal partic ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 14:56

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Assessment of quality of life (QoL) in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is becoming crucial to research and evidence-based practice in this area. This paper describes the analysis of the WHOQOL HI ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 16:58

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In the United States, Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Thus, there is a need to understand the challenges facing health departments and community-base ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:04

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Little attention has been paid to illness meanings held by those with HIV in the presence of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This article illustrates how elucidating illness meanings mig ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 18:30

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HIV-related stigma and discrimination (S&D) have been shown to impede prevention, care and treatment. Yet, few quantitative studies have tested the associations between stigma, service utilization and ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:50

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Cross-sectional findings have shed considerable light on the relationships between illness stigma and psychological outcomes among persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. However, no studie ...

Last updated on May 24 2011 at 19:33

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The fight against AIDS in Africa is often presented as a fight against “cultural barriers” that are seen as promoting the spread of the HIV virus. This attitude is based on a long history of Western p ...

Last updated on May 24 2011 at 19:23

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Theorists posit that personal decisions to disclose being HIV positive are made based on the perceived consequences of that disclosure. This study examines the perceived costs and benefits of self-dis ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 15:14

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Enacted and perceived HIV stigma was examined among substance-using young people living with HIV (YPLH) in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City (N = 147). Almost all YPLH (89 percent) reporte ...

Last updated on May 23 2011 at 20:20

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Studies of HIV stigma in China are becoming more prevalent, but these studies have seldom involved direct cross-cultural comparisons. Moreover, although researchers consider employers to be a key powe ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:12

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Since the early years of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, stigma has been understood to be a major barrier to successful HIV prevention, care, and treatment. This article highlights fi ...

Last updated on May 23 2011 at 17:02

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This article examines the co-occurrence of correct and incorrect knowledge about documented and undocumented modes of HIV transmission among women of childbearing age in El Salvador, and the relations ...

Last updated on October 11 2011 at 17:00

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HIV is recognized as a highly stigmatized disease; however, there has been a lack of research on the internalization of this stigma by seropositive people. This study examined internalized stigma amon ...

Last updated on May 10 2011 at 16:54

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AIDS stigma has serious consequences. This study explored those practices within health-care organizations that persons with HIV perceive as stigmatizing. It used an exploratory, descriptive design us ...

Last updated on May 12 2011 at 18:41

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Stigmatization contributes to inequity by marginalizing persons living with HIV and AIDS (PHAs). In this study we examined the stigmatizing practices in health care settings from the perspectives of P ...

Last updated on May 10 2011 at 16:22

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Sustained recruitment over time of tens of thousands of clinical trial volunteers is essential to the development of safe and efficacious HIV vaccines. This study explored, in depth, reasons for decli ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 21:09

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Youth adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) is poor, and little research exists that identifies the reasons youth have difficulty adhering to medications. Given that complete adhe ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 21:10

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The purpose of this study is to explore perceived barriers and facilitators to the uptake of future U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved HIV vaccines among women at elevated risk for HIV. We con ...

Last updated on May 10 2011 at 16:01

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PURPOSE: Shame and stigma associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are barriers to adolescents seeking prompt and appropriate diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about how th ...

Last updated on May 11 2011 at 02:05

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HIV-related stigma negatively affects the lives of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Homeless/unstably housed PLWHA experience myriad challenges and may be particularly vulnerable to the effects o ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:15

How to Reduce the Stigma of AIDS

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This is the keynote address from Dr. Peter Piot at the Symposium at the XVI International AIDS Conference Toronto, 12 August 2006.

Last updated on May 10 2011 at 15:28

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Background: The consequences of stigma for people living with HIV (PLH) can impact serostatus disclosure, social support, emotional distress, coping resources, and possibly HIV transmission risks. Me ...

Last updated on May 10 2011 at 15:24

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Studies carried out in Brazil demonstrated that the machismo (homophobia) culture is intrinsically linked with lack of condom use and spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including HIV/AI ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 23:04

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In Nicaragua, HIV has been largely seen as a medical issue. This article makes the case for preventing the potential epidemic from a gender and youth perspective. Puntos de Encuentro is a mass communi ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 22:48

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HIV/AIDS stigma continues to be an obstacle for primary and secondary HIV prevention. Its consequences for the lives of people living with the disease have been well documented and continue to be of g ...

Last updated on May 11 2011 at 02:38

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Background: Stigma and discrimination (S&D) are seen as key barriers to an effective response to HIV/AIDS. But little has been undertaken to define clearer means of measuring and understanding S&D. Th ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 18:38

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic along Honduras' north coast has intensified in recent years and become particularly severe in Garífuna communities. Based on a qualitative study in the community of Las Espinas a ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 21:06

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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate HIV knowledge and its relation to HIV stigma among health science students and pharmacists in Guyana, South America. This study also evaluate ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 21:44

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HIV is conceived as a disease that combines stigma elements of perceived contagion and socially undesirable behaviours. Drawing on in-depth interviews with professional adolescent service providers fr ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 18:50

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The project “Mo Kexteya: Reduction of Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV/AIDS in Mexico” with the support of the Policy Project, Macro Measure Evaluation and USAID, completed the first phase, a ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 20:11

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This document is based on a review of all published abstracts and journal articles from January 1990 to December 2001 identified through a comprehensive search of five medical and social science elect ...

Last updated on April 28 2011 at 15:32

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This publication is a compilation of articles on HIV-related stigma written during the XVI International AIDS Conference (IAC) held in Toronto, Canada in 2006. This is an intense series of short essay ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 16:05

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Lori presented results of the field test of a proposed Stigma and Discrimination Index that was carried out in Mexico and South Africa. An index combines indicators within a particular domain to achie ...

Last updated on April 26 2011 at 18:43

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"It is now clear that vulnerability to becoming infected with HIV derives directly from stigma and discrimination (and, more broadly, violations of human rights and dignity) occurring within each soci ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 16:26

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AIDS-related stigmas have profound negative impacts on people living with and those affected by HIV/AIDS. While a considerable body of work examines AIDS-related stigma, it is less clear how AIDS stig ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 19:39

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In the late 1990s and early 21st century, some public health officials in the Western world believed that Africans would never be compliant with antiretroviral therapy (ART) because the continent's un ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 19:36

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From December 2005 to April 2007, we enrolled 60 adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a health district of Lima, Peru to receive community-based accompaniment with supervised antiretroviral ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 21:25

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The stigma of HIV-infection may profoundly affect the lives of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). However few studies have examined the association of HIV stigma with multiple components of HIV trea ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 20:43

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HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination are as old as the epidemic itself. In every country and in every social setting since the disease was first identified, individuals who are or who are assume ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 03:08

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GRACE (Guiding Responsive Action in Corrections at End of Life) Project is one of the projects of Volunteers of America which looks at the issues surrounding people in prisons and jails.

Last updated on April 11 2011 at 15:58

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Abstract This qualitative study investigated the process of engagement in HIV medical care from the perspective of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In-depth interviews were conducted with 76 parti ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 14:59

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This is one of the Sustainable Development Department Technical papers series provided by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In 2002, it was estimated that 1.9 million adults and children were liv ...

Last updated on April 6 2011 at 15:28

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Advances in antiretroviral medications have resulted in precipitous declines in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality; however, high levels of adherence are crucial to the success of HIV therapies. T ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 20:25

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To explore whether HIV stigma negatively impacts adherence to antiviral medications in HIV-infected adolescent women, moderational analysis was conducted and factors identified that could alter said r ...

Last updated on August 14 2012 at 21:20

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