Journal
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 1160-1177Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9593-3
Keywords
Stigma; Prejudice; Discrimination; Scales; Measurement
Funding
- NIMH NIH HHS [F31 MH080651, F31MH080651, T32MH074387, T32 MH074387] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent analyses suggest that lack of clarity in the conceptualization and measurement of HIV stigma at an individual level is a significant barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts. In order to address this concern, we articulate a new framework designed to aid in clarifying the conceptualization and measurement of HIV stigma among individuals. The HIV Stigma Framework explores how the stigma of HIV elicits a series of stigma mechanisms, which in turn lead to deleterious outcomes for HIV uninfected and infected people. We then apply this framework to review measures developed to gauge the effect of HIV stigma since the beginning of the epidemic. Finally, we emphasize the utility of using three questions to guide future HIV stigma research: who is affected by, how are they affected by, and what are the outcomes of HIV stigma?.
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