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Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care

The Potential Role of Stigma

Bibliographic Data

ID3758558
AuthorsMargaret A Chesney (0000-0001-6038-3486, University of California, San Francisco), Ashley Smith (0009-0003-7101-1591, University of Pittsburgh), Ashley W Smith (University of Pittsburgh)
Year1999
Volume42
Issue7
Pages1162-1174
Publication date1999-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027649921954822
OpenAlexW2014412062
LanguageEN
Citations received169
References cited45

When learning of a positive HIV test, individuals face a host of psychological and social stresses. HIV-related stigma is associated with psychological distress and can interfere with coping, adjustment, and management of HIV disease. Effective management of HIV disease requires timely testing for HIV infection so that persons who are infected can learn of their serostatus and gain access to care, therefore benefiting from available treatment options. This article discusses the impact that HIV-related stigma has on HIV testing and care. Specifically, problems associated with delays in testing, disclosure of seropositive status, and implications for health care are presented

Anxiety · Coping (psychology) · Disease · Distress · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Serostatus · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology

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