Sociocultural correlates of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in rural Jamaica

AIDS and Public Policy Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 126-136

  Mahdi, Inas K ^a   Ehiri, John E ^b   Ogunnowo, Olufemi O ^c   Bayard, Budry ^d   Krawcyzk, Christopher S ^e   Miller, Stephan ^c   Jolly, Curtis ^f   Jolly, Pauline E ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^d Ministry of Agriculture   (Haïti)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 34249948662     PISSN: 08873852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. G.M. Herek et al., "AIDS and Stigma: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda," AIDS & Public Policy Journal 13 (1998): 36-47.
2. H. Daniel and R. Parker, Sexuality, Politics and AIDS in Brazil: In Another World? (London: Falmer Press, 1993).
3. S. Letteney and H.H. Laporte, "Deconstructing Stigma: Perceptions of HIV-Seropositive Mothers and Their Disclosure to Children," Social Work Health Care 38, no. 3 (2004): 105-23.
4. S.C. Kalichman and L.C. Simbayi, "HIV Testing Attitudes, AIDS Stigma, and Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing in a Black Township in Cape Town, South Africa," Sexually Transmitted Infections 79 (2003): 442-7.
5. G.M. Herek, J.P. Capitanio, and K.F. Widaman, "HIV-Related Stigma and Knowledge in the United States: Prevalence and Trends, 1991-1999," American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 3 (2002): 371-7.
6. L.R. Norman, R. Carr, and J. Jimenez, "Sexual Stigma and Sympathy: Attitudes toward Persons Living with HIV in Jamaica," Culture, Health & Sexuality 8 (2006): 423-33;
7. R.C. White and R. Carr, "Homosexuality and HIV/AIDS Stigma in Jamaica," Culture, Health & Sexuality 7 (2005): 347-59.
8. Qualitative Research on Stigma and Discrimination Issues as They Affect PLWHA in Malawi, 2003, www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/ MALAMANETFGD.pdf;
9. G.M. Herek and J.P. Capitanio, "AIDS Stigma and Sexual Prejudice," American Behavioral Scientist 42, no. 7 (1999): 1126-43; Norman, Carr, and Jimenez, see note 6 above; White and Carr, see note 6 above.
10. V.K. Lim et al., "HIV and Youths in Singapore - Knowledge, Attitudes and Willingness to Work with HIV-infected Persons," Singapore Medical Journal 40, no. 6 (1999): 410-5.
11. G.M. Herek and J.P. Capitanio, "AIDS Stigma and Contact with Persons with AIDS: The Effects of Personal and Vicarious Contact," Journal of Applied Psychology 27 (1997): 1-36;
12. G.M. Herek and E.K. Glunt, "AIDS-Related Attitudes in the United States: A Preliminary Conceptualization," Journal of Sex Research 28 (1991): 99-123;
13. H. Stipp and D. Kerr, "Determinants of Public Opinion about AIDS," Public Opinion Quarterly 53 (1989): 98-106;
14. V. Price and M. Hsu, "Public Opinion about AIDS Policies: The Role of Misinformation and Attitudes Toward Homosexuals," Public Opinion Quarterly 56 (1992): 29-52.
15. See note 5 above.
16. M.A. Chesney and A.W. Smith, "Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care: The Potential Role of Stigma," American Behavioral Scientist 42, no. 7 (1999): 1162-74.
17. S. Allen et al., "Sexual Behavior of HIV Discordant Couples after HIV Counseling and Testing," AIDS 17, no. 5 (2003): 733-40.
18. "Human Rights and Stigma," from International Communications Authority of South Africa Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2002, http://archives.hst.org.za/af-aids/msg00140.html.
19. A.C. Gielen et al., "Women's Disclosure of HIV Status: Experiences of Mistreatment and Violence in an Urban Setting," Women's Health 25 (1997): 19-31;
20. V.J. Derlega, D. Lovejoy, and B.A. Winsteadd, "Personal Accounts on Disclosing and Concealing HIV-Positive Results: Weighing the Benefits and Risks," in HIV and Interaction, ed. V.J. Derlega and A.P. Barbee (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1998), 147-64;
21. J.M. Simoni et al., "Women's Self-Disclosure of HIV Infection: Rates, Reasons, and Reactions," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 63 (1995): 474-8.
22. V. Bond, E. Chase, and P. Aggleton, "Stigma, HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission in Zambia," Evaluation and Program Planning 25 (2002): 347-56.
23. J. Stallworth et al., "Predictors of Sexual Activity among Rural Adolescents in Hanover, Jamaica," International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 16, no. 2 (2004): 165-78;
24. D. Smith et al., "Sociocultural Contexts of Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Rural Hanover, Jamaica," Journal of Adolescent Health 33, no. 1 (2003): 41-8.
25. A. Hron, "Report on Persecution of Sexual Minorities in Jamaica," 2003, http://www.laccaso.org/pdfs/impunidad_ jamaica_glbt.pdf;
26. R. Carr, "On 'Judgments': Poverty, Sexuality-Based Violence and Human Rights in 21st Century Jamaica," 2003, http://www. jamaicaaidssupport.com/humanrights/OnJudgements1.pdf.
27. Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: 10th Anniversary Special Edition, Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS, 2006.
28. Ibid.
29. Human Rights Watch, "Hated to Death: Homophobia, Violence, and Jamaica's HIV/AIDS Epidemic," 2004, http://hrw.org/reports/2004/ jamaica1104/.
30. Ibid; Hron, "Report on Persecution," see note 17 above;
31. Carr, "On 'Judgments,'" see note 17 above.
32. Jamaica Sustainable Development Network Program, "Community Development by Parish: Hanover," 2005, http://www.jsdnp.org.jm/ comdevfrt.htm.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Herek, Capitanio, and Widaman, see note 5 above.
36. Statistical Institute of Jamaica, 2001, Jamaica Statistics available at http://www.statinja.com/stats.html.
37. A.G. Dean et al., "Epi-Info 2000, a Database and Statistics Program for Public Health Professionals for Use on Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000 Computers," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000, http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/MANUAL/Titles.htm.
38. See note 5 above.
39. L. Hatcher, A Step-By-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (Cary, N.C.: SAS Institute, 1994).
40. See note 11 above; see note 12 above; see note 13 above.
41. Norman, Carr, and Jimenez, see note 6 above; White and Carr, see note 6 above.
42. P. Glick, J. Randriamamonjy, and D. Sahn, "Determinants of HIV Knowledge and Behavior of Women in Madagascar: An Analysis Using Matched Household and Community Data," 2004, http://www.he.cornell.edu/cfnpp/ images/wp168.pdf;
43. D. Holtzman et al., "Current HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among the General Population in China: Implications for Action," AIDScience 3, no. 1 (2003).
44. J.R. Hargreaves, "Socioeconomic Status and Risk of HIV Infection in an Urban Population in Kenya," Tropical Medicine and International Health 7, no. 9 (2002): 793-802.
45. L. Nyblade, "Disentangling HIV and AIDS Stigma: Overview of Findings from a Two Year Study in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia," 2003, http://www.icrw.org/docs/stigmaintro.pdf.
46. Herek and Capitanio, see note 7 above; G.M. Herek, "Stigma, Prejudice and Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men," in J.C. Gonsiorek and J.D. Weinrich, Homosexuality: Research Implications for Public Policy (Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1991), 60-80;
47. T. O'Hare, C.L. Williams, and A. Ezoviski, "Fear of AIDS and Homophobia: Implications for Direct Practice and Advocacy," Social Work 41, no. 1 (1996): 51-8.
48. See Herek, "Stigma, Prejudice and Violence," see note 35 above.
49. See O'Hare, Williams, and Ezoviski, "Fear of AIDS," see note 35 above.
50. G.J. Burkholder. L.L. Harlow, and J.L. Washkwich, "Stigma, HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Risk," Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research 4, no. 1 (1999): 27-44.