HIV-related stigma and knowledge in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1991-1999.

By G. Herek, John Capitanio, K. Widaman. American Journal of Public Health, 2002

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Subfields: Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases

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Citations in the corpus

• The fight against stigma: An overview of stigma-reduction strategies and interventions (2006, neutral): “Herek et al. (2002) also found mixed results for educational interventions.”
• When Sex Equals AIDS: Symbolic Stigma and Heterosexual Adults' Inaccurate Beliefs about Sexual Transmission of AIDS (2005, neutral): “However, many adults continue to believe that AIDS can be spread through casual social contact, such as sharing a drinking glass with a PWHIV (Herek et al. 2002; Lentine et al. 2000), which suggests that their seeming knowledge about sexual transmission of HIV is not based on a clear understanding o”
• Heterosexuals' attitudes toward bisexual men and women in the United States (2002, methodology): “4 The project's main focus was to assess stigma associated with HIV and AIDS in two national telephone surveys approximately 24 months apart (for more details about the surveys, see Capitanio & Herek, 1999; Herek & Capitanio, 1999a, 1999b; Herek et al., 2002).”
• Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Population Health Inequalities (2013, neutral): “Consistent with this idea, studies explicitly examining mediation hypotheses find support for the 4 pathways required for mediation76: (1) stigma is linked to poor health, (2) stigma is associated with greater social isolation, (3) social isolation increases risk for poor health outcomes, and (4) th”
• From Conceptualizing to Measuring HIV Stigma: A Review of HIV Stigma Mechanism Measures (2009, background): “Popular prejudice items included anger (e.g., ‘‘Angry’’ [ 43 ]), disgust (‘‘Disgusted with sinfulness’’ [38]), and shaming (e.g., ‘‘People with HIV should be ashamed of themselves’’ [50]).”
• Impact of HIV-Related Stigma on Health Behaviors and Psychological Adjustment Among HIV-Positive Men and Women (2006, background): “Results confirm that stigma contributes to psychological adjustment difficulties among HIVpositive men and women.”
• Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: A review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward (2008, background): “When applied to HIV/AIDS, this socio-cognitive framework constrained the concept of H/A stigma to an examination of how PLHAs are labeled and stereotyped by the public, based on their incorrect beliefs and attitudes [8,15], and/or a focus on the specific emotions and cognition of PLHAs.”