Gendered relationship between HIV stigma and HIV testing among men and women in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study to inform a stigma reduction and male-targeted HIV testing intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Increasing and sustaining engagement in HIV care for people living with HIV are critical to both individual therapeutic benefit and epidemic control. Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. Stigma is known to impede such engagement, placing an importance on understanding and addressing stigma to improve HIV testing and care outcomes. This study aimed to assess the gendered differences in the relationship between stigma and HIV testing.

Design and setting

A cross-sectional, household probability survey was implemented between November and December 2016 in the Sofala province of Mozambique.

Participants

Data were restricted to men and women participants who report

SUBMITTER: Ha JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797434 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature