A community participation intervention to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast Thailand
A community participation intervention to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast Thailand
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DOI:
10.1080/09540120701335204
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发表时间:
2007-10-01
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Lim, S.
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作者:
Apinundecha, C.;Laohasiriwong, W.;Lim, S.
This paper explores HIV/AIDS stigma in the socio-cultural context of Nakhon Ratchasima Province in the northeastern region of Thailand. Action research was used to develop a community participation intervention. The intervention was implemented in one village over a period of eight months. We describe the intervention and then test its effect on HIV/AIDS knowledge and HIV/AIDS stigma using a non-equivalent pre-test-post-test control group design. Analysis of co-variance confirms that, controlling for initial levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma, the intervention had a significant effect on HIV/AIDS knowledge score (p