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Conditions of experienced stigma in people living with HIV in Iran

A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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ID2249709
AuthorsH Akbari (0000-0003-1045-6952, Department of Social Sciences Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad Iran, corresponding author), Saeid Safari (0000-0003-0078-2746, Department of Sociology Tarbiat Modares University Tehran Iran)
Year2020
Volume42
Issue5
Pages1060-1076
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.13077
PMID32162344
OpenAlexW3011383234
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited45

Stigma against people living with HIV (PLWH) seriously affects their quality of life. Moreover it can lead them to hide their HIV status from others, which in turn endangers public health. Many studies dealing with HIV-related stigma focus on the consequences of this phenomenon and pay less attention to the social conditions which affect different types of HIV-related stigma (anticipated, internalized and enacted stigma [ES]). Therefore, in this study, we tried to achieve more understanding about effective causal conditions of various types of experienced stigma. First of all, data were collected from 19 PLWH, using semi-structured interviews from those who had visited the Counseling Center for Behavioral Diseases in Mashhad. Secondly, the data were analyzed by applying a mixture of two methods: thematic analysis and qualitative comparative analysis (Boolean Algebra). The analysis of the data reveals that a combination of informing family members about HIV status, lack of family support, and medical support lead to anticipated stigma; a combination of religious beliefs and poor self-esteem results in internalized stigma and a combination of lack of family support, mistreatment by community, poor self-esteem, poverty and no religious beliefs lead to ES

Affect (linguistics) · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Poverty · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Quality of life (healthcare) · Social support · Sociology · Stigma (botany) · Thematic analysis · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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