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Socioeconomic gradients in internalized stigma among 4,314 persons with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- HIV-related stigma and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- 'Management of a spoiled identity': systematic review of interventions to address self-stigma among people living with and affected by HIV.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence and correlates of internalized stigma among adults with HIV and major depressive disorder in rural Malawi.AIDS care · 2023Trial
- Stigma interdependence among pregnant HIV-infected couples in a cluster randomized controlled trial from rural South Africa.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Trial
- HIV-Related Stigma in People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Portuguese Clinical Cohort.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
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- A Multilevel Integrated Intervention to Reduce the Impact of HIV Stigma on HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Internalized stigma, depressive symptoms, and the modifying role of antiretroviral therapy: A cohort study in rural Uganda.SSM. Mental health · 2021Article
- Surviving COVID-19 is Half the Battle; Living Life with Perceived Stigma is Other Half: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Stigma Among Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Normative vs personal attitudes toward persons with HIV, and the mediating role of perceived HIV stigma in rural Uganda.Journal of global health · 2021Article
- Predictors of Discrimination Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among People Aged 15-49 Years in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Development of parallel measures to assess HIV stigma and discrimination among people living with HIV, community members and health workers in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda.African journal of AIDS research : AJAR · 2019Article
- The social network context of HIV stigma: Population-based, sociocentric network study in rural Uganda.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Article
- It's not "all in your head": critical knowledge gaps on internalized HIV stigma and a call for integrating social and structural conceptualizations.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Depressive Symptoms Before and After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among Older-Aged Individuals in Rural Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Internalized HIV stigma, ART initiation and HIV-1 RNA suppression in South Africa: exploring avoidant coping as a longitudinal mediator.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
- Patient-Initiated Repackaging of Antiretroviral Therapy, Viral Suppression and Drug Resistance.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Towards 90-90-90 Target: Factors Influencing Availability, Access, and Utilization of HIV Services-A Qualitative Study in 19 Ugandan Districts.BioMed research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
The stigma attached to HIV is a major public health problem given its adverse impacts on HIV prevention and on the psychosocial wellbeing of persons with HIV. In this study, I apply a novel method to data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to identify persons with HIV who were aware of their seropositivity at the time of the survey. The pooled dataset includes 4,314 persons with HIV in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. My findings indicate that nearly one-fifth of study participants provided survey responses consistent with internalization of stigmatizing beliefs. Furthermore, in multivariable regression models, striking socioeconomic gradients in internalized stigma were observed. A clear implication of my findings is that the adverse health and psychosocial impacts of HIV stigma are likely concentrated among those with the fewest socioeconomic resources for managing and resisting it.
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