Attitudes and Stereotypes Regarding Older Women and HIV Risk
Attitudes and Stereotypes Regarding Older Women and HIV Risk
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DOI：
10.1080/08952841.2014.933648
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Emlet, Charles A.
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作者：
Beaulaurier, Richard;Fortuna, Karen;Emlet, Charles A.
50 岁及以上的人口很快将在艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行的未来中占据不成比例的比例。据估计，到 2015 年，老年人将占美国艾滋病毒感染者的 50%。尽管艾滋病毒/艾滋病在老年人中的数量不断增加，但整个社会对老年人的态度、信仰和刻板印象已经影响了艾滋病毒的预防、教育和护理。具体而言，对老年人尤其是老年女性性行为的年龄歧视态度、医疗保健提供者对艾滋病毒的临床怀疑度较低、老年女性缺乏对风险的了解以及与性行为谈判相关的权力差异，所有这些都导致人们对成熟女性艾滋病毒疾病的预防、识别和治疗更加关注。本文探讨了一般社会以及健康和社会服务提供者中存在的常见态度、信仰和成见，这些态度、信仰和成见使老年妇女在艾滋病毒预防、教育和治疗方面处于不利地位。
Persons aged 50 years and over will soon disproportionately represent the future of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is estimated that by 2015 older adults will represent 50% of persons living with HIV in the United States. Despite the HIV/AIDS growing population among older adults, attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes toward older adults that exist in general society have affected HIV prevention, education, and care. Specifically, ageist attitudes about the sexuality of older adults in general and older women in particular, low clinical HIV suspicion among healthcare providers, lack of knowledge about risk among older women, and differentials in power related to negotiating sexual practices all lead to heightened concerns for the prevention, identification, and treatment of HIV disease in mature women. This article examines common attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes that exist within general society as well as health and social service providers that place older women at a disadvantage when it comes to HIV prevention, education, and treatment.