Trial reportSociology of health & illness2021
Universal HIV testing and treatment and HIV stigma reduction: a comparative thematic analysis of qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa and Zambia.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Patient-clinician communication in longitudinal care settings about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult traumas: A systematic review of reviews.Patient education and counseling · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating HIV services and other health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Women's sexual scripting in the context of universal access to antiretroviral treatment-findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa.BMC women's health · 2021Trial
- Declining but increasingly concentrated HIV stigma in rural Uganda: population-based cohort study, 2014-2024.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Trends and inequalities in HIV testing uptake among pregnant women during antenatal care in Ghana: a decomposition analysis from 2008 to 2022.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Impact of Universal Test and Treat (UTT) on anticipated stigma among patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Optimizing the role and functions of CHWs in service of a people-centred community health system in sub-Saharan Africa. A realist synthesis.SSM - health systems · 2025Review
- Exploring the knowledge, attitudes, and potential role of oral health practitioners in FASD screening in South Africa.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- HIV Stigma and Self-Efficacy Caring for Women Living With HIV: A Mixed-Methods Study of Labour and Delivery Providers-Empirical Research Mixed Methods.Nursing open · 2025Article
- A Scientometric Perspective on Stigma Research in Medicine: A Bibliometric Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- The status of machine learning in HIV testing in South Africa: a qualitative inquiry with stakeholders in Gauteng province.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Depression and HIV Care-seeking Behaviors in a Population-based Sample in North West Province, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Experiences of stigma and HIV care engagement in the context of Treat All in Rwanda: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- "I was scared dating… who would take me with my status?"-Living with HIV in the era of UTT and U = U: A qualitative study in Johannesburg, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Antiretroviral therapy and aging as resources for managing and resisting HIV-related stigma in rural South Africa.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- Priorities for health and wellbeing for older people with and without HIV in Uganda: a qualitative methods study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- The impact of stigma on HIV testing decisions for gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Situating HIV Stigma in Health Facility Settings: A Qualitative Study of Experiences and Perceptions of Stigma in 'Clinics' among Healthcare Workers and Service Users in Zambia.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
Despite continued development of effective HIV treatment, expanded access to care and advances in prevention modalities, HIV-related stigma persists. We examine how, in the context of a universal HIV-testing and treatment trial in South Africa and Zambia, increased availability of HIV services influenced conceptualisations of HIV. Using qualitative data, we explore people's stigma-related experiences of living in 'intervention' and 'control' study communities. We conducted exploratory data analysis from a qualitative cohort of 150 households in 13 study communities, collected between 2016 and 2018. We found that increased availability of HIV-testing services influenced conceptualisations of HIV as normative (non-exceptional) and the visibility of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in household and community spaces impacted opportunities for stigma. There was a shift in community narratives towards individual responsibility to take up (assumingly) widely available service - for PLHIV to take care of their own health and to prevent onward transmission. Based on empirical data, we show that, despite a growing acceptance of HIV-related testing services, anticipated stigma persists through the mechanism of shifting responsibilisation. To mitigate the responsibilisation of PLHIV, heath implementers need to adapt anti-stigma messaging and especially focus on anticipated stigma.
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