How close is too close
The negative relationship between knowledge of HIV transmission routes and social distancing tendencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12007625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul D Shapiro (Georgia Southwestern State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 629-637 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.soscij.2005.09.002 |
| OpenAlex | W1982384913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Data measuring respondents' knowledge of HIV's transmission routes was obtained via a statewide RDD sample of 603 Nevadans to determine if disease knowledge influences respondent efforts to socially and physically distance themselves from a hypothetical HIV-positive person. Four separate dependent variables (scenarios) are created in which the geographic distance between the respondent and a hypothetical HIV-positive person decreases; while, at the same time, physical personal contact, or potential for contact, increases. Findings show 84.2% of the respondents had sufficient knowledge of HIV transmission routes, and the majority felt comfortable across all four social scenarios. However, multiple logistic regression analyses indicate that respondents with sufficient knowledge of how HIV is transmitted are significantly more comfortable with casual social interactions than those respondents with insufficient knowledge. The results from this study confirm the importance of HIV-knowledge as a tool to combat AIDS-related stigma
Casual · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Logistic regression · Political science · Respondent · Sample (material · Social distance · Transmission (telecommunications · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |