Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS

dc.contributor.authorVisser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna)
dc.contributor.authorMakin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne)
dc.contributor.authorLehobye, Kopo
dc.contributor.emailmaretha.visser@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-06T07:24:34Z
dc.date.available2007-06-06T07:24:34Z
dc.date.issued2006-01
dc.description.abstractThis research involved an exploratory study in which a questionnaire was used to investigate the personal stigma and perceived community stigma regarding HIV/AIDS in a South African community. Student fieldworkers interviewed a convenient sample of 901 respondents from different races, gender and age groups, and found that respondents tended towards stigmatizing persons with HIV/AIDS. Yet, this degree of stigmatization was significantly less severe than the degree of stigmatization that respondents attributed to the community at large. Altogether 17% of the respondents had high stigmatizing attitudes, while 42% perceived the stigmatization by others in the community to be high. Race group, personal knowledge of someone with HIV, area of residence, gender and age group impacted on the respondents' personal tendency to stigmatize those with HIV/AIDS. The article discusses the difference between the level of personal stigma attached by the respondents and that perceived by them to be attached by the community. Attention is also paid to the possible implications of stigmatizing behaviour patterns and interventions on a community level.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute of Health
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dc.identifier.citationVisser, M, Makin, J & Lehobye, K 2006, 'Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS', Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 42-58. [http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-CASP.html]en
dc.identifier.issn1052-9284
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/2634
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltden
dc.rightsJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltden
dc.subjectBehavioren
dc.subjectPsychologyen
dc.subjectSocial psychologyen
dc.subjectSouth Africansen
dc.subject.lcshAIDS (Disease) -- Patients
dc.subject.lcshHIV-positive persons -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshStigma (Social psychology)
dc.subject.lcshStigmatization
dc.subject.lcshCommunities -- Behavior
dc.titleStigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDSen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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