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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 29, 2017 - Issue 11
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Measuring HIV-related stigma among healthcare providers: a systematic review

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Pages 1337-1345 | Received 30 Nov 2016, Accepted 24 May 2017, Published online: 09 Jun 2017
 

ABSTRACT

In the United States, HIV-related stigma in the healthcare setting is known to affect the utilization of prevention and treatment services. Multiple HIV/AIDS stigma scales have been developed to assess the attitudes and behaviors of the general population in the U.S. towards people living with HIV/AIDS, but fewer scales have been developed to assess HIV-related stigma among healthcare providers. This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate the measurement tools used to assess HIV stigma among healthcare providers in the U.S. The five studies selected quantitatively assessed the perceived HIV stigma among healthcare providers from the patient or provider perspective, included HIV stigma as a primary outcome, and were conducted in the U.S. These five studies used adapted forms of four HIV stigma scales. No standardized measure was identified. Assessment of HIV stigma among providers is valuable to better understand how this phenomenon may impact health outcomes and to inform interventions aiming to improve healthcare delivery and utilization.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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S. Alexandra Marshall http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4367-7866

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