Social representations of HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern Europe
Social representations of HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern Europe
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00135-1
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发表时间：
2003-04-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Rämmer, A
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作者：
Goodwin, R;Kozlova, A;Rämmer, A
虽然艾滋病毒是一种相对较新的流行病，但目前在东欧的增长速度比世界其他任何地方都快。在本文报道的研究中，我们采访了五个中欧和东欧国家的511名商人和卫生专业人员：爱沙尼亚，格鲁吉亚，匈牙利，波兰和俄罗斯，主要从社会代表的角度提出我们的问题。受访者还自由地完成了他们的联想与刺激词“艾滋病”。我们的研究结果表明，尽管人们对这一流行病构成的威胁有相当大的共识，但在对病毒的起源和传播以及有感染风险的群体的性质的归因方面也存在着明显的文化差异。这些调查结果是根据共产主义时代的历史遗产以及该地区人口面临的真实的经济和社会挑战来解释的。(C)2002爱思唯尔科技有限公司。保留所有权利。
Although a relatively recent epidemic, HIV is now increasing in Eastern Europe faster than anywhere else in the world. In the study reported in this paper, we interviewed 511 business people and health professionals in five Central and Eastern European nations: Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland and Russia, deriving our questions primarily from a Social Representations perspective. Respondents also freely completed their associations with the stimulus word 'AIDS'. Our findings indicate that, although there is considerable agreement about the threat posed by the epidemic, there are also notable cultural differences in attributions about the origin and spread of the virus and the nature of those groups at risk of infection. These findings are interpreted in the light of the historical legacies of the Communist era, as well as the real economic and social challenges faced by the population of this region. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.