Reducing stigma and discrimination: new evidence and its implications

Seeley, Janet; Blanc, Ann K.

doi:10.1097/qad.0000000000002647

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“…These findings suggest that initiatives which increase discussion about HIV/AIDS in informal or formal settings and within existing social networks may reduce negative attitudes towards PLWHA (14).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…13,720(52.9%) of the population have media exposure and 13,712 (52.9%) of the population did not ever tested for HIV (Table 1). (14).…”

Section: Characteristics Of the Respondentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…People living with HIV are stigmatized leading to severe social consequences related to their rights, health care services, freedom, self-identity and social interactions. It also severely hampers the treatment and diagnosis of HIV contributing to further spread of the disease Such responses disrupt an individual's social interactions and thereby lead to a feeling of isolation (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Identified three aspects of stigma that are characteristic of HIV/AIDS: blemishes of personal character, stained social identity, and physical deformity or defects. AIDS stigmas also reproduce inequalities of class, race, and gender (14,15,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22).…”

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WITHDRAWN: Predictors of Discrimination Towards People Living With HIV/ AIDS Among People Aged 15–49 Years in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

Arefaynie

Damtie

Kefale

et al. 2020

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BackgroundThere is limited national representative evidence on determinants of discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS especially, community level factors are not investigated in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess individual and community level factors associated with discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS among 15 to 49 age people in Ethiopia.MethodA secondary data analysis was done on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey dataset which were collected cross-sectional. A total of 25,927 15 to 49 age people were included in the analysis. Multi-level mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was done by STATA version 14.0 to identify individual and community-level factors. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to show the strength and direction of association and statistical significance was declared at P value less than 0.05.Resultfrom individual variables, female [AOR=1.47, 95% CI= (1.18, 1.83)], rural dwellers [AOR=1.65, 95% CI= ( 1.23, 2.21)], not attend education[AOR=5.88,95% CI= (4.50, 7.67)], attending primary education [AOR=3.03, 95% CI= (2.40, 3.81)] and attending secondary education [AOR=1.48, 95% CI= ( 1.19, 1.82)] have discrimination attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS. From community level factors, live in low proportion of educated communities [AOR=1.33, 95% CI= (1.01, 1.65)], live in low proportion of HIV tested communities [AOR=1.61, 95% CI= (1.33, 1.93)] were significantly associated with people living with HIV/AIDS.Conclusionsex of the respondent, religion, educational status, house hold wealth index, marital status, media exposure, internet use, HIV test status, region, residence, community level of education and community level of HIV test status have significant association with HIV related stigma in Ethiopia. Improving educational coverage, improving community level HIV/AIDS test coverage are important interventions to reduce discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

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Section: Characteristics Of the Respondentsmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…13,720(52.9%) of the population have media exposure and 13,712 (52.9%) of the population did not ever tested for HIV (Table 1). (14).…”

Section: Characteristics Of the Respondentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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WITHDRAWN: Predictors of Discrimination Towards People Living With HIV/ AIDS Among People Aged 15–49 Years in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

Arefaynie

Damtie

Kefale

et al. 2020

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“…Such responses disrupt an individual's social interactions and thereby lead to a feeling of isolation. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] AIDS-related discriminations are the product of multiple social influences including attributions of responsibility for HIV infection and beliefs that individuals with HIV/ AIDS are contaminated and tainted. The discrimination also reproduces inequalities of class, race, and gender.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Discrimination Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among People Aged 15–49 Years in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

Arefaynie¹,

Damtie²,

Kefale³

et al. 2021

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Background: There is limited national representative evidence on determinants of discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS especially, community-level factors that are not investigated in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess individual and community-level factors associated with discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS among 15-49 age people in Ethiopia. Methods: A secondary data analysis was done on the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey dataset which was collected cross-sectional. A total of 25,927 weighted 15-49 age people were included in the analysis. Multi-level mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was done by STATA version 14.0 to identify individual and communitylevel factors. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to show the strength and direction of the association and statistical significance was declared at P value less than 0.05. Results: From individual level factors, being female [AOR=1.47, 95% CI= (1.18, 1.83)], not attend education [AOR=5.88,95% CI= (4.50, 7.67)], attending primary education [AOR=3.03, 95% CI= (2.40, 3.81)] and attending secondary education [AOR=1.48, 95% CI= (1.19, 1.82)] have discrimination attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS. From community level factors, live in low proportion of educated communities [AOR=1.33, 95% CI= (1.01, 1.65)], rural dweller [AOR=1.65, 95% CI= (1.23, 2.21)], live in low proportion of HIV tested communities [AOR=1.61, 95% CI= (1.33, 1.93)] were significantly associated with discrimination attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS. Conclusion: Sex of the respondent, religion, educational status, household wealth index, marital status, media exposure, internet use, HIV test status, region, and residence, community level of education, and community level of HIV test status were predictors of discrimination attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. Improving educational and community-level HIV/AIDS test coverage are important interventions to reduce discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

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