Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV Among Adults and Adolescents in the United States.
AIDS Behav
; 22(12): 3887-3891, 2018 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29948338
ABSTRACT
Stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH) cause psychological distress for PLWH and hinder HIV prevention efforts. We estimated the prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes among 6809 adults and 885 adolescents who responded to online surveys in 2015. Fear of casual contact with PLWH was reported by 17.5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 16.3-18.6%] of adults and 31.6% (CI 27.8-35.4%) of adolescents. Among adults, 12.5% (CI 11.6-13.5%) endorsed a measure of moral judgment toward PLWH. Stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWH persist in the United States. Continued monitoring of these attitudes and efforts to reduce associated stigma are warranted.
Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prejudice
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Stereotyping
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HIV Infections
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Discrimination, Psychological
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Fear
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Social Stigma
Type of study:
Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
AIDS Behav
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article