Stigma in HIV-poslitive women
Stigma in HIV-poslitive women
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04024.x
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Barroso, J
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作者:
Sandelowski, M;Lambe, C;Barroso, J
Purpose: To present a metasynthesis of qualitative findings on stigma in HIV-Positive women.Method: Metasummary and metasynthesis techniques were used to integrate findings on stigma in 93 reports of qualitative studies conducted between 1991 and 2002 with a total of 1, 780 women, mostly from minority groups.Findings: Both perceived and enacted stigma were pervasive in the lives of HIV-positive women. HIV-related stigma was intensified in women because they were women. Stigma management largely involved efforts to control information in the service of Preserving social relations and maintaining moral identity.Discussion: This metasynthesis reprises and clarifies the connections between recurring themes in primary quantitative studies and metastudies of HIV-positive people and of stigmatizing diseases and conditions. This work also shows how affected people's location on key axes of difference can both facilitate and complicate efforts to manage stigma.Conclusions: HIV-positive women experience stigmatization in relationships with others. HIV-related stigma is as much a reflection of these others as it is central to the experience of HIV-positive people themselves. Even those not infected with HIV are still affected by it and are thus appropriate targets for interventions to reduce its negative effects.