What is it about?
HIV/AIDS stigma includes three types: internalized stigma, personal stigma and occupational stigma among HIV patients, non-HIV patients and healthcare providers respectively. We developed three scales to measure three kinds of stigma from different perspectives in the same healthcare settings. This made comprehensively measurement of HIV/AIDS stigma possible.
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Why is it important?
Our findings showed that the validity and reliability of HIV/AIDS stigmas` scales are valid. Thus, they can be used to measure HIV/AIDS stigmas based on different population in healthcare setting in order to eliminate stigma.
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This page is a summary of: Development of internalized and personal stigma among patients with and without HIV infection and occupational stigma among health care providers in Southern China, Patient Preference and Adherence, November 2016, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s112771.
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