AIDS Knowledge and HIV Stigma among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Rural China

Zhao, Qun; Li, Xiaoming; Zhao, Guoxiang; Zhao, Junfeng; Fang, Xiaoyi; Lin, Xiuyun; Stanton, Bonita

doi:10.1521/aeap.2011.23.4.341

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“…The present findings also reveal that children have misconceptions about AIDS that need to be addressed (see also Schonfeld et al, 1993; Legare & Gelman, 2009), not only to increase their knowledge of how to protect themselves but also to reduce the fears and stigmatizing tendencies that stem from misconceptions about how people get the disease (Plattner, 2013; Zhao et al, 2011). A kissing myth was most prominent in the present findings, probably because, to a child, hearing that sex causes AIDS translates into believing that kissing causes AIDS, as well as because kissing is a well-known way of spreading common diseases such as colds and flus.…”

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“…Researchers guided by this perspective pay more attention to the content of children's thinking than to its causal complexity, although, like Piagetian researchers, they have been especially interested in thinking about causality (e.g., Au & Romo, 1996; Inagaki & Hatano, 2006; Sigelman, Estrada, Derenowski, & Woods, 1996). Although research guided by both the Piagetian and the naïve theories perspectives, along with a good deal of atheoretical research on children's thinking about HIV/AIDS, flourished in the 1990s, interest has waned since, with the exception of a few studies in countries with significant HIV problems (e.g., Carnevale et al, 2011; Legare & Gelman, 2009; Plattner, 2013; Zhao et al, 2011). Surprisingly, neither the earlier nor the more recent literature has investigated the extent to which ideas about causality are aligned with and perhaps inform thinking about prevention.…”

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Development and Coherence of Beliefs Regarding Disease Causality and Prevention

Sigelman

2014

Applied Developmental Science

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Guided by a naïve theories perspective on the development of thinking about disease, this study of 188 children aged 6 to 18 examined knowledge of HIV/AIDS causality and prevention using parallel measures derived from open-ended and structured interviews. Knowledge of both risk factors and prevention rules, as well as conceptual understanding of AIDS causality, increased with age. Younger children displayed more advanced knowledge in response to structured questions than in response to open-ended questions. Contrary to hypothesis, knowledge of causality was not more advanced than knowledge of prevention in elementary school. Moreover, correlations between the two types of knowledge were often nonsignificant except when the same method was used to assess both. Thus, methodology matters in assessing children's knowledge of disease, children's intuitive thinking is not consistently coherent, and it may be safest to educate children explicitly about sound prevention rules rather than assume they will infer the rules themselves from information about a disease's causes.

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Development and Coherence of Beliefs Regarding Disease Causality and Prevention

Sigelman

2014

Applied Developmental Science

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“…The children with better AIDS knowledge had less personal stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS (12) . The findings in our study and in the study (13) suggest the need of appropriate education strategies to provide AIDS knowledge to children's parents, particularly in communities of high HIV prevalence.…”

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School age children with HIV/AIDS: possible discrimination and attitudes against

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“…They also engaged in more risky behavior (e.g. substance use, violence [70]) and risky sexual behavior (e.g. earlier debut or number of partners [31]; risky intentions [71]).…”

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Orphanhood by AIDS-Related Causes and Child Mental Health: A Developmental Psychopathology Approach

Sharp¹

2015

J HIV AIDS

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While the number of new HIV infections has declined, the number of orphans as a result of AIDS-related deaths continues to increase. The aim of this paper was to systematically review empirical research on the mental health of children affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world, specifically with an eye on developing a theoretical framework to guide intervention and research. Articles for review were gathered by following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Reviews and Meta Analyses (PRISMA standards), reviewed and then organized and synthesized with a Developmental Psychopathology framework. Results showed that the immediate and longterm effects of AIDS orphanhood are moderated by a number of important risk and protective factors that may serve as strategic targets for intervention. Research and clinical implications are discussed.

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AIDS Knowledge and HIV Stigma among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Rural China

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Development and Coherence of Beliefs Regarding Disease Causality and Prevention

Development and Coherence of Beliefs Regarding Disease Causality and Prevention

School age children with HIV/AIDS: possible discrimination and attitudes against

Orphanhood by AIDS-Related Causes and Child Mental Health: A Developmental Psychopathology Approach

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