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20390487

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
Stigma is a significant barrier to effective control of HIV/AIDS, despite laws to control it. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with HIV stigma in a rural Chinese community. A survey was conducted in north-west Anhui province among 963 residents to assess HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Participants scored a mean of 16.6/26 (63.8%) for knowledge. Sixty-eight percent of respondents held at least one fear of casual transmission, 42% would blame people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) for their disease, and 73% thought having HIV is shameful. More than half reported that they had observed at least one stigmatizing behavior toward PLHA in their villages. Multivariable analysis indicated that people with higher education, higher HIV knowledge, higher household wealth and who learned about HIV from professional sources were less likely to hold a stigmatizing attitude, while people who had observed discriminating behaviors toward PLHA in their community and lived in villages with fewer PLHA were more likely to hold a stigmatizing attitude. Despite education campaigns, knowledge remains low and stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors toward PLHA remain a problem.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1360-0451
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors toward PLHA in rural China.
pubmed:affiliation
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. sheena.sullivan@gmail.com <sheena.sullivan@gmail.com>
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural