HIV-Related Stigma Among Spanish-speaking Latinos in an Emerging Immigrant Receiving City

HIV-related stigma has been associated with a reluctance to test for HIV among Latinos. This study assessed community HIV-related stigma within an emerging Latino immigrant receiving city. We conducted a brief sur-vey among a convenience sample of 312 Spanish-speaking Latinos in Baltimore, Maryland....

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2017-08, Vol.19 (4), p.868-875
Main Authors: Grieb, Suzanne M. Dolwick, Shah, Harita, Flores-Miller, Alejandra, Zelaya, Carla, Page, Kathleen R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Baltimore
Communicable Disease: Risk, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care
Communities
Comparative Law
Demographics
Demography
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Fear
Fear & phobias
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans - psychology
HIV
HIV Infections - ethnology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immigrants
International & Foreign Law
Latin American cultural groups
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Middle Aged
Noncitizens
Original Paper
Private International Law
Public Health
Religiosity
Sex Factors
Social Stigma
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Stigma
Tests
Women
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Summary:HIV-related stigma has been associated with a reluctance to test for HIV among Latinos. This study assessed community HIV-related stigma within an emerging Latino immigrant receiving city. We conducted a brief sur-vey among a convenience sample of 312 Spanish-speaking Latinos in Baltimore, Maryland. HIV-related stigma was assessed through six items. Associations between stigma items, socio-demographic characteristics, and HIV testing history were considered. Gender, education, and religiosity were significantly associated with stigmatizing HIV-related beliefs. For example, men were 3.4 times more likely to hold more than three stigmatizing beliefs than women, and were also twice as likely as women to report feeling hesitant to test for HIV for fear of people’s reaction if the test is positive. These findings can help inform future stigma interventions in this community. In particular, we were able to distinguish between drivers of stigma such as fear and moralistic attitudes, highlighting specific actionable items.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-016-0497-9