TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV-Related Stigma Among Spanish-speaking Latinos in an Emerging Immigrant Receiving City
AU - Dolwick Grieb, Suzanne M.
AU - Shah, Harita
AU - Flores-Miller, Alejandra
AU - Zelaya, Carla
AU - Page, Kathleen R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. We would like to thank our additional study team members for their efforts: Sergio Lizama, Rob Weatherford, Arielle Medford, Adi Rattner, Giselle Zornberg, Monica Miranda, Marina Palma Lima, Patricia Tellez Watson, William Acosta, and Fidel Desir.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - 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 survey 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.
AB - 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 survey 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.
KW - HIV-related stigma
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Immigrants
KW - Latino
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-016-0497-9
DO - 10.1007/s10903-016-0497-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 27678505
AN - SCOPUS:84988699116
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 19
SP - 868
EP - 875
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 4
ER -