Normative vs personal attitudes toward persons with HIV, and the mediating role of perceived HIV stigma in rural Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV stigma has well-documented negative impacts on HIV testing, transmission risk behavior, initiation of and adherence to antiretroviral therapy, and retention in care. We sought to assess the extent to which anticipated HIV stigma is based on misperceptions of normative attitudes toward persons with HIV, and to determine whether persons with HIV have stronger misperceptions compared with HIV-negative persons or persons of unknown serostatus. We also sought to estimate the association between normative attitudes about persons with HIV and personal attitudes about persons with HIV, and to determine the extent to which anticipated stigma mediates this association.

Methods

We conducted a whole-population survey of 1776 persons living in 8 rural villages in southwest

SUBMITTER: Tsai AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442577 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature