Prevalence and associated factors of enacted, internalized and anticipated stigma among people living with HIV in South Africa: results of the first national survey

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dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-07 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T13:18:09Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T13:18:09Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01-08 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15081
dc.description.abstract This paper reports on the first national implementation of the People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index in South Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of HIV-related stigma in a large sample of PLHIV in South Africa. This cross-sectional survey interviewed 10,473 PLHIV 15 years and older with the PLHIV Stigma Index in two districts per province (N=9) in South Africa in 2014. The two most common enacted HIV-related stigma items were being gossiped about (20.6%) and experienced discrimination (15.1%); internalized stigma was blaming oneself (30.5%) and ashamed (28.7%); avoidance due to internalized stigma was decided not to have (more) children (32.4%) and decided not to get married (14.9%), and the two most endorsed anticipated stigma were being gossiped about (28.6%) and not want to be sexually intimate (21.1%) Various sociodemographic factors, such as younger age, being female, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and lower wealth status, and healthrelated variables, such as poorer self-rated health status, having a physical disability, and not being a member of an HIV support group, were identified as associated with overall HIV-related stigma as well as several HIV-related stigma sub-scales. The majority of PLHIV had overall HIV-related stigma, almost half had internalized, or anticipated HIV-related stigma and a minority had enacted HIV-related stigma. Findings can be used to guide intervention programs to reduce HIV-related stigma in South Africa. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.publisher Earthscan en
dc.subject HIV-RELATED STIGMA en
dc.subject PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV en
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en
dc.subject NATIONAL SURVEY en
dc.title Prevalence and associated factors of enacted, internalized and anticipated stigma among people living with HIV in South Africa: results of the first national survey en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 11 en
dc.BudgetYear 2019/20 en
dc.ResearchGroup Social Aspects of Public Health en
dc.SourceTitle HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care en
dc.PlaceOfPublication Macclesfield en
dc.ArchiveNumber 11125 en
dc.PageNumber 275-285 en
dc.outputnumber 10236 en
dc.bibliographictitle Peltzer, K. & Pengpid, S. (2019) Prevalence and associated factors of enacted, internalized and anticipated stigma among people living with HIV in South Africa: results of the first national survey. HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care. 11:275-285. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15081 en
dc.publicationyear 2019 en
dc.contributor.author1 Peltzer, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Pengpid, S. en


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