Stigma poses considerable challenges to the mental health of people living with HIV who use drugs (PLHWUD). In this study, we explored factors related to different types of stigma (perceived and internalized) attached to layered stigmatizing characters (HIV and drug use) and their mental health...
Stigma poses considerable challenges to the mental health of people living with HIV who use drugs (PLHWUD). In this study, we explored factors related to different types of stigma (perceived and internalized) attached to layered stigmatizing characters (HIV and drug use) and their mental health...
Sting Stigma Eradication Application forms the lifetime of fighting Stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Kenya and other developing countries in Africa. However, through this project there is remarkable improvement in approach of dealing with people affected or infected by HIV. It is therefore a turning ...
HIV-related stigma remains a barrier to effectively fighting this pandemic. Fear of discrimination often prevents people from seeking treatment publicly. There are evidences that they were evicted from home by their families and rejected by their friends and colleagues. The stigma attached to HIV/...
The lectures reflect on region-specific aspects of the HIV epidemic, including national policies, guidelines, and societal context. They include community and healthcare perspectives of HIV-related stigma and discrimination as well as national plans and programs for the implementation of strategies to ...
HIV/AIDS and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are contemporary epidemics associated with significant social stigma in which communities affected suffer from social rejection, violence, and diminished quality of life. To compare and contrast stigma related to HIV/AIDS and EVD, and strategically think how les...
A closer look: the internalization of stigma related to HIV. A man in Mexico is fired after he develops tuberculosis and fellow workers fear that he may be HIV-positive. A pregnant woman in Ukraine learns of her HIV ... P Brouard,C Wills - 《Washington D》 被引量: 45发表: 2006年 Ex...
Although stigma is considered a major barrier to effective responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma reduction efforts are relegated to the bottom of AIDS programme priorities. The complexity of HIV/AIDS-related stigma is often cited as a primary reason for the limited response to this pervasive...
This paper examines the effect that HIV-related stigma has on access to health care among people living with HIV in Swaziland. Drawing on an analysis of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, it describes the difficulties they encounter in accessing antiretroviral medication and the requisi...
HIV related stigma is regarded as one of the major barriers that prevent PLWHA from returning back to normal life. The current study builds on previous research regarding barriers to employment among PLWHA by investigating the role of perceived incompetence in addition to the fear of contagion from...