Journal
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 10, Pages 1937-1950Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/10497323211012347
Keywords
HIV; youth; qualitative; grounded theory; Uganda; stigma; interviews
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Funding
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HOGENT
- PAR4CO-DEV)
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This study presents an explanatory theory for HIV-related stigma from the perspectives of youth living with HIV/AIDS in Western Uganda, offering a stigma process model with insights into the causes, consequences, and moderators of HIV-related stigma. The specific focus on YLWHA and contextual characteristics adds new dimensions to the understanding of HIV-related stigma. Further research is needed to identify context-specific strategies to overcome stigmatizing views and behaviors among YLWHA in Western Uganda.
We present an explanatory theory for HIV-related stigma from the perspectives of youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLWHA) in Western Uganda, on which the fight against this relentless stigma in this age group and locality can be founded. A constant comparative method was used to analyze textual data from in-depth interviews with 35 YLWHA, selected from three health facilities. A stigma process model for YLWHA was developed with the stigmatizing feelings and behaviors as the core category. Concepts delineating causes, consequences, and moderators of HIV-related stigma emerged from the data to complete the stigma process. The specific focus on YLWHA and contextual characteristics adds new dimensions to the understanding of HIV-related stigma that are scant in existing HIV-related stigma models. In light of our findings, research is necessary to identify context-specific strategies to overcome the deep-rooted causes of stigmatizing views and behaviors in all social spheres of YLWHA within Western Uganda.
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