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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"HIV-related stigma"”.

  1. An assessment of external HIV-related stigma in South Africa: implications for interventions

    Mehlomakulu, VuyelwaDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health2021

    Background Globally, external HIV-related stigma is a major threat to all HIV prevention, care and treatment interventions including the recently launched Universal Test and Treat (UTT) strategy in South Africa and the 90-90-90 targets set by UNAIDS for the global response by 2020. The 90-90-90 …

    cape-town Repository record

  2. Patriarchal and medical discourses: shaping the experience and management of HIV-related stigma in Turkey

    Oktem, PinarUniversity of East Anglia2013

    The stigma attached to HIV/AIDS remains a pervasive problem, despite the progress that has been achieved in the global response and the expectations that universal access to treatment will reduce it. This thesis explores how HIV-related discourses are shaped and how people living with HIV (PLHIV) …

    east-anglia Repository record

  3. Understanding Mediators of the Relationship Between HIV-Related Stigma and Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV (HIV)

    Sweeney, Shannon Marie

    … accumulated research demonstrates that HIV-related stigma is associated with medication adherence difficulties for PLWH, this literature is limited by inconsistencies in the conceptualization and assessment of both stigma and adherence. Additionally, few empirical research studies …

    syracuse-diss Repository record

  4. A multidimensional quantitative evaluation of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Cape Town, South Africa

    Maughan-Brown, BrendanSchool of Economics2008

    … surveys may have underestimated the levels of HIV-related stigma because of limitations in the questions employed. It thus provides a more comprehensive evaluation of the extent and nature of HIV-related stigma through the measurement of several different dimensions of stigma (and regression …

    cape-town Repository record

  5. Condom Use Among U.S. Young Adult Black Women: An Integrated Cognitive Approach

    Loudd, Grace 1980-University of Houston2012

    … cognitive influences such as sexual self-schema, HIV-related stigma, perception of HIV risk and condom sexual self-efficacy influence condom use at last sex among young adult Black women. An integrated theoretical framework consisting of The Health Belief Model, Social Cognitive Theory and …

    houston Repository record

  6. Health Service Utilization and Stigma among HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia

    Blackwell, Roger L, Jr2013

    <p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Health Service Utilization and Stigma among</p> <p>HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia</p> <p>by</p> <p>Roger Lee Blackwell</p> <p>The world has now entered the third decade of the AIDS epidemic. Men-who-have-sex-with-men continue to be …

    etsu Repository record

  7. The Relationships Between Stress, Psychosocial Resources, and Mental Health and Adherence Outcomes among Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents in South Africa

    Nyoni, Thabani2023

    <p>Adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV (APHs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) constitute a significant population group that is experiencing poor HIV treatment outcomes (CIPHER Global Cohort Collaboration, 2018). Compared to younger children and older adults within the SSA sub-region, APHs …

    wustl Repository record

  8. Positive and Negative Affect: Differential Impact of Optimism, Pessimism, and Coping in People Living with HIV/AIDS

    Ranucci, Melissa B.University of North Texas2005

    People living with HIV/AIDS (PLH) struggle with depression. Recent research suggests that depression affects medical regimen adherence, disease progression, and risky sexual behaviors. The present study uses a stress and coping theory viewing HIV-related stigma and physical symptoms as stressors in …

    unt Repository record

  9. Experiences of informal women caregivers in caring for people living with HIV and AIDS in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Pallangyo, EuniceDivision of Nursing and Midwifery2008

    … informal women caregivers of people living with HIV and AIDS at home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study took place in Temeke district in the Dar es Salaam region through the auspices of Pastoral Activities and Services for people with AIDS, Dar es Salaam Archdiocese (PASADA), a …

    cape-town Repository record

  10. Prevalence of Depression and Its Relationship to Care Engagement among Men Living with HIV

    Mwanga, Martha OshosenDepartment of Psychology2022

    … prevalence of depression among men living with HIV, who are in HIV care, and assessed the relationship between depression and care engagement. Several factors have been associated with care engagement among people living with HIV, including depression, but also lack disclosure due to …

    cape-town Repository record

  11. The relationship between perceived stigma of HIV and willingness to be tested for HIV among young African American men who have sex with men in Illinois

    Lathan, Gina LorraineUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2020

    … ages of 18-24 have a disproportionate rate of HIV. According to the CDC, YAAMSM account for more new infections in the United States than any other subgroup by race/ethnicity, age, and sex (CDC, 2016). To curtail the staggering rates of HIV, it is important to understand why YAAMSM are least …

    uiuc Repository record

  12. A study evaluating the social and cultural context of a counselling booklet containing infant feeding and caring messages - a component of a community-based health package in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal

    Hoosain, Naeema YusufDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2010

    … or drink) reduces breast milk transmission of HIV compared with mixed feeding. This study was part of formative work for a community-based un-blinded randomised controlled trial (RCT) in an urban township with high antenatal HIV prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. The RCT sought to …

    cape-town Repository record

  13. To be Black in this Skin: Anti-Black Racism and How Heterosexual Black Men Engage with HIV Vulnerability in Toronto

    Oakes, Wesley Jordan2022

    … it is also the probable epicenter of the Black HIV epidemic in the nation. While the HIV response in Ontario recognizes African, Caribbean, and Black people as a “priority population,” HIV in Canada has historically been thought of as an epidemic among gay white men, thereby impacting the …

    york Repository record

  14. A model of cognitive behavioural therapy for HIV-positive women to assist them in dealing with stigma

    University of Pretoria2009

    … and assessed. The aim of this model is to assist HIV-positive women in dealing with internalised and enacted stigma. Since much of the research about therapies developed to deal with HIV-related stigma so far has been done within a western frame of reference, in the current study a model was …

    pretoria Repository record

  15. Factors influencing male partner involvement in the mother-to-child transmission of HIVplus (MTCT-plus) programme in Gobabis district, Namibia: a qualitative study

    Kwenda, FelixUniversity of the Western Cape2012

    … made in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in Namibia, the universal target of less than 5% by 2015 has not yet been achieved. In an effort to scale-up services in the programme, a comprehensive family centred approach which broadens HIV prevention activities and considers HIV as …

    western-cape Repository record

  16. Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District

    Wahila, Ruth2013

    The convergence of TB and HIV epidemics is a deadly threat to gains In survival among populations (Corbett et al., 2003). The dual epidemics are particularly pervasive in Africa, where HIV has been the single most Important factor contributing to the incidence of TB over the last 10 years. In …

    zimbabwe Repository record

  17. Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District

    Wahila, Ruth2013

    The convergence of TB and HIV epidemics is a deadly threat to gains In survival among populations (Corbett et al., 2003). The dual epidemics are particularly pervasive in Africa, where HIV has been the single most Important factor contributing to the incidence of TB over the last 10 years. In …

    zambia Repository record

  18. Dyad-related factors in HIV prevention

    Kamupira, Mercy G SDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2010

    [Objectives] Currently, HIV prevention strategies focus on promoting the modification of those individual behaviours that lead to an increase in susceptibility to and transmission of HIV infection. The focus on individuals in HIV voluntary counselling and testing frequently overlooks the fact that …

    cape-town Repository record

  19. HIV Status Disclosure, Stigma and Viral Suppression among Adolescents and Young Adults Living With HIV

    Mugo, Cyrus2023

    … the gold standard in determining success in HIV treatment. Adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYHIV) have poorer adherence and viral suppression than adults. Several factors have been associated with viral non-suppression among AYHIV through their influence on adherence. Individual level …

    washington Repository record

  20. Barriers to HIV Care and Randomized Controlled Trial Retention among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Kara Nitti (23291713)2025

    The HIV epidemic remains a significant global health challenge, including in the United States, where disparities in HIV care continuum outcomes persist between priority populations for Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. Among these priority populations, young Black men who have sex with men …

    uic

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