Reducing HIV-related stigma in health care settings: a randomized controlled trial in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of the intervention was to reduce service providers' stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors toward people living with HIV.

Methods

The randomized controlled trial was conducted in 40 county-level hospitals in 2 provinces of China between October 2008 and February 2010. Forty-four service providers were randomly selected from each hospital, yielding a total of 1760 study participants. We randomized the hospitals to either an intervention condition or a control condition. In the intervention hospitals, about 15% of the popular opinion leaders were identified and trained to disseminate stigma reduction messages.

Results

We observed significant improvements for the intervention group in reducing prejudicial attitudes (P < .001), reducing avoidance i

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3556241 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature