AIDS Knowledge and HIV Stigma among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Rural China

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Qun; Li, Xiaoming; Zhao, Guoxiang; Zhao, Junfeng; Fang, Xiaoyi; Lin, Xiuyun; Stanton, Bonita
Titel	AIDS Knowledge and HIV Stigma among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Rural China
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 23 (2011) 4, S.341-350 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2011.23.4.341
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Incidence; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Children; Knowledge Level; Social Bias; Residential Institutions; Parents; Measures (Individuals); Scores; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Child; Kind; Kinder; Wissensbasis; Wohnumgebung; Eltern; Messdaten
Abstract	The current study was designed to assess the level of AIDS knowledge and its relationship with personal stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) among children living in communities of high HIV prevalence in rural China. The data were collected in 2009 from 118 orphanage orphans (children who had lost both of their parents to HIV and living in AIDS orphanages), 299 family-cared orphans (children who had lost one or both of their parents to HIV and living with surviving parents or extended families), 326 vulnerable children (children who were living with HIV-infected alive parents), and 276 comparison children (children from the same community who did not experience HIV-related illness and death in their family). Children were asked to answer 20 questions of AIDS knowledge. A 10-item stigma scale was employed to assess children's own attitude toward PLWHA. Both bivariate and multivariate tests were performed to answer our research questions. The data in the current study demonstrate a relatively low percent of correct AIDS knowledge (60%) among samples. The comparison children reported the best score of AIDS knowledge and orphanage orphans scored the lowest. The children with better AIDS knowledge have less personal stigma toward PLWHA. The findings in the current study suggest the need of appropriate education strategies to provide AIDS knowledge to children, particularly for HIV-affected children living in communities of high HIV prevalence in rural China. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10