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Abstract
This study examined HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among 524 randomly selected adult residents from 12 rural Chinese communities where HIV infection among plasma donors has been reported. Most participants were familiar with the main routes of HIV transmission but had substantial misconceptions about risk of HIV transmission through casual social contacts. Higher score of misconception and being older and married independently predicted stronger discriminatory attitude. Intervention programs with focus on eliminating misconceptions about HIV transmission may reduce stigma.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19 AI51915 to Y. S.) and, in part, from the Fogarty International Center (D43 TW010035 to S. H. V.). We thank the entire China Integrated Programs for Research on AIDS team for their participation in data collection and laboratory testing; Drs. Rod Hoff and Mary Fanning (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland) and Drs. Judith Chamberlin and Jinhua Jiao (Westat Company, Rockville, Maryland) for their generous help in many areas; also Drs. Gerald Sharp and Ray Chen (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland) for their critical review of the manuscript. We also thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.