Conflict Transformation, Stigma, and HIV‐Preventive Structural Change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11054292
AutoresRobin Lin Miller (0000-0003-3035-6932, Department of Psychology Michigan State University 48824 East Lansing MI USA, autor de correspondencia), Sarah J Reed (0000-0003-4801-2927, Department of Psychology Michigan State University 48824 East Lansing MI USA), Vincent T Francisco (0000-0002-0124-5275, Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro 27402 Greensboro NC USA), Jonathan M Ellen (0000-0002-6537-624X, Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 21224 Baltimore MD USA)
Año2012
Volumen49
Número3-4
Páginas378-392
Fecha de publicación2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/s10464-011-9465-7
PMID21805217
PMCIDPMC3348352
OpenAlexW2094911576
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas52

Over the prior decade, structural change efforts have become an important component of community‐based HIV prevention initiatives. However, these efforts may not succeed when structural change initiatives encounter political resistance or invoke conflicting values, which may be likely when changes are intended to benefit a stigmatized population. The current study sought to examine the impact of target population stigma on the ability of 13 community coalitions to achieve structural change objectives. Results indicated that coalitions working on behalf of highly stigmatized populations had to abandon objectives more often than did coalitions working for less stigmatized populations because of external opposition to coalition objectives and resultant internal conflict over goals. Those coalitions that were most successful in meeting external challenges used opposition and conflict as transformative occasions by targeting conflicts directly and attempting to neutralize oppositional groups or turn them into strategic allies; less successful coalitions working on behalf of stigmatized groups struggled to determine an appropriate response to opposition. The role of conflict transformation as a success strategy for working on behalf of stigmatized groups is discussed

Criminology · Health psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Psychiatry · Public health · Stigma (botany) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology · Virology