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ArticleBMC psychology2021

Investigating the contributing factors to HIV/AIDS infection from the perspective of HIV-infected patients.

Morteza Mehraeen, Mohammadreza Heydari, Kamran B Lankarani, Hassan Joulaei, Marjan Faghih

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Article in BMC psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Morteza MehraeenShiraz HIV/AIDS Research Center (SHARC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mohammadreza HeydariShiraz HIV/AIDS Research Center (SHARC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Kamran B LankaraniHealth Policy Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan JoulaeiShiraz HIV/AIDS Research Center (SHARC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Marjan FaghihDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Faculties Building, Payambar A'zam, University Campus, Baseej Square, Sardasht, Islamic Republic of Iran. marjanfaghih@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-3490
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRArak University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Vice-Chancellor for Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences IR.SUMS.REC.1398.550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople with HIV have always faced stigma and discrimination. Given the numerous papers that have addressed the psychological and social risk factors in spreading HIV, a pressing question is whether individuals' mere careless and behavioural flaws can still account for the spread of HIV. Barriers and opposing politic made a hard position for HIV and sex education in Iran.

methodsThe present study investigated the causes of contracting HIV/AIDS from the perspective of HIV-infected patients. To accomplish this, 150 patients referring to the voluntary counseling and testing Center, Shiraz were convenient selected based on the convenient sampling method and responded to a researcher-made questionnaire From June to August 2019. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics (mean, SD, frequency tables) and inferential statistics (chi-square).

resultsResults revealed that the main cause of HIV infection amongst males was the injection of narcotics, and in the females it was sexual intercourse with an infected individual. Meanwhile, 57% of the females and 66% of the males blamed themselves for contracting and transmitting the disease. The patients stated that if they could return to pre-infection period, they would use one of the following ways to prevent the disease: (a) they would pay attention to hygienic/sanitary principles; (b) they would not get married; and (c) they would prevent drug addiction. Also only 44% of the individuals had successful siblings (those who were neither addicts nor HIV/AIDS-infected individuals), which was an observation that emphasizes on the epidemic of high-risk behaviors in the patients' families.

conclusionsAccording to participants' statements collected in our study, weakness in governmental public health education, along with family-related and individual factors, are important causes of HIV spread.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeSexual BehaviorUnsafe SexAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth EducationHIV InfectionsHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedAttitudeCausalityHIV/AIDS

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