Associations Between Healthcare Providers' Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV and People Who Use Drugs: A Canonical Correlation Analysis.

ABSTRACT: While extant literature demonstrates that healthcare providers' stigmatizing attitudes negatively impact care for people who use drugs (PWUD) and people with HIV (PWH), limited research has explored how these stigmas are interrelated. This study examines the relationships between multiple dimensions of stigma-including cognitive, affective, and role-based attitudes-toward PWUD and PWH. We operationalized these dimensions using two validated instruments. The Drug and Drug Problems Perception Questionnaire (DDPPQ) assessed five role-based dimensions of provider attitudes toward PWUD: role adequacy, role support, job satisfaction, role-related self-esteem, and role legitimacy. The HIV/AIDS Provider Stigma Scale (HPASS) measured three dimensions of HIV-related stigma: cognitive (stereotypes),

SUBMITTER: Ahmed RFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818369 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature