ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2006
Conspiracy beliefs about the origin of HIV/AIDS in four racial/ethnic groups.
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- Medical mistrust in the context of Ebola: Implications for intended care-seeking and quarantine policy support in the United States.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- Pathways to conspiracy: The social and linguistic precursors of involvement in Reddit's conspiracy theory forum.PloS one · 2019Article
- Conspiracy Beliefs Are Not Necessarily a Barrier to Engagement in HIV Care Among Urban, Low-Income People of Color Living with HIV.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Article
- The Health and Sociocultural Correlates of AIDS Genocidal Beliefs and Medical Mistrust Among African American MSM.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
We examined beliefs about the origin of HIV as a genocidal conspiracy in men and women of four racial/ethnic groups in a street intercept sample in Houston, Texas. Groups sampled were African American, Latino, non-Hispanic white, and Asian. Highest levels of conspiracy theories were found in women, and in African American and Latino populations (over a quarter of African Americans and over a fifth of Latinos) with slightly lower rates in whites (a fifth) and Asians (less than one in ten). Reductions in condom use associated with such beliefs were however only apparent in African American men. Conspiracy beliefs were an independent predictor of reported condom use along with race/ethnicity, gender, education, and age group. Data suggest that genocidal conspiracy beliefs are relatively widespread in several racial/ethnic groups and that an understanding of the sources of these beliefs is important to determine their possible impact on HIV prevention and treatment behaviors.
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