Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of the Australian population
Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of the Australian population
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0232218
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发表时间：
2020-04-27
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Treloar, Carla
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作者：
Broady, Timothy R.;Brener, Loren;Treloar, Carla
污名化对受影响者的健康有重大的不利影响。这项研究检查了与一般人群对注射毒品者和血液传播病毒或性传播感染者的污名化态度相关的社会人口统计学特征。这些问题被列入澳大利亚社会态度调查（总样本= 1 001）。对每一个目标人群的态度进行了测量的5项耻辱量表。进行了双变量分析和多元回归分析，以确定社会人口特征与污名化的态度。知道一个人受到污名化的属性与减少污名化的态度，而投票给一个保守的政党与增加污名化的态度。年龄、性别、教育、收入和婚姻状况都与一些污名化的态度有关。结果还强调了对污名化行为的态度之间的差异（即，注射吸毒）和污名化的情况（即，血液传播病毒和性传播感染）。识别与污名化态度相关的社会人口特征可能对减少污名化干预措施具有全球影响，以促进受影响社区的积极健康成果。
Stigma has significant detrimental health outcomes for those affected. This study examined socio-demographic characteristics that were associated with stigmatising attitudes among the general population towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections. Questions were included in the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (total sample = 1,001). Attitudes towards each of the target populations were measured by 5-item stigma scales. Bivariate analyses and multiple regression analyses were conducted to identify socio-demographic characteristics associated with stigmatising attitudes. Knowing a person affected by a stigmatised attribute was associated with reduced stigmatising attitudes, while voting for a conservative political party was associated with increased stigmatising attitudes. Age, gender, education, income, and marital status were each related to some stigmatising attitudes. Results also highlight differences between attitudes towards a stigmatised behaviour (i.e., injecting drug use) and stigmatised conditions (i.e., blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections). Identifying socio-demographic characteristics that are associated with stigmatising attitudes may have global implications for informing stigma reduction interventions, in order to promote positive health outcomes for affected communities.