ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2009
HIV testing and conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV among African Americans.
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- HIV-Related Mistrust (or HIV Conspiracy Theories) and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Black Women in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
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- HIV Conspiracy Theory Belief or Institutional Mistrust? A Call for Disentangling Key Concepts.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2020Article
- HIV Testing Behaviors among Black Rural Women: The Moderating Role of Conspiracy Beliefs and Partner Status Disclosure.Ethnicity & disease · 2020Article
- HIV-related 'conspiracy beliefs': lived experiences of racism and socio-economic exclusion among people living with HIV in New York City.Culture, health & sexuality · 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
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- Belief in AIDS-related conspiracy theories and mistrust in the government: relationship with HIV testing among at-risk older adults.The Gerontologist · 2013Article
- Repeat Western blot testing after receiving an HIV diagnosis and its association with engagement in care.The open AIDS journal · 2012Article
- Cultural rationales guiding medication adherence among African American with HIV/AIDS.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2011Article
- Trust in physicians and racial disparities in HIV care.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2010Article
- HIV-Related Medical Mistrust, HIV Testing, and HIV Risk in the National Survey on HIV in the Black Community.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
- Towards a More Inclusive and Dynamic Understanding of Medical Mistrust Informed by Science.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Review
- Whose Responsibility Is It to Dismantle Medical Mistrust? Future Directions for Researchers and Health Care Providers.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
Conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV are common among African Americans, and have been associated with engaging in HIV risk behaviors but also with earlier diagnosis among HIV patients. The objective of the present study was to test the association of HIV serostatus testing with conspiracy beliefs. A total of 1430 African Americans from low-income neighborhoods with high rates of drug use were surveyed in 1997-1999 in face-to-face interviews. Two 4-point items assessed if participants agreed that "AIDS was started by an experiment that went wrong" and "AIDS was created to kill blacks and poor folks." A binary variable indicated if the respondent agreed with the statements, on average. 22.5% of the sample endorsed conspiracy beliefs, 4.0% of whom reported not having had an HIV test, compared to 7.7% of those who did not endorse conspiracy beliefs. In multivariable logistic regression modeling, never having had an HIV test was significantly associated with conspiracy beliefs (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-4.3), having a high school education (AOR = 0.55, CI = 0.35-0.84), having depression (AOR = 1.61, CI = 1.02-2.52), female gender (AOR = 0.54, CI = 0.34-0.86), younger age, and a history of injection drug use (AOR = 0.36, CI = 0.23-0.56), but not sex risk behaviors (multiple partners, irregular condom use). The finding that individuals who have conspiracy beliefs are more likely to have been tested for HIV may partially explain why HIV-positive individuals who endorse conspiracy beliefs are more likely to obtain an earlier diagnosis.
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