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| AIDS-related stigma (or, more simply, AIDS stigma) refers to prejudice, discounting, discrediting, and discrimination directed at people perceived to have AIDS or HIV, and the individuals, groups, and communities with which they are associated.
AIDS stigma is expressed around the world in a variety of ways, including:
AIDS stigma is effectively universal, but its form varies from one country to another, and the specific groups targeted for AIDS stigma vary considerably.
Whatever its form, AIDS stigma inflicts suffering on people and interferes with attempts to fight the AIDS epidemic. Indeed, a 1988 Institute of Medicine panel observed that "the fear of discrimination is a major constraint to the wide acceptance of many potentially effective public health measures" in the United States.
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HIV-Related Knowledge and Stigma - United States, 2000.
From the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 1, 2000.
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A Second Decade of Stigma.
Report on a national survey on AIDS stigma by Gregory M. Herek and John P. Capitanio.
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Selected abstracts of papers on AIDS stigma.
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Cultural Sensitivity in AIDS Videos for African American Audiences,
a report of findings from our community-based research on how to make AIDS videos more effective
for African American audiences.
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Video AIDS Online, featuring critical reviews of scores of AIDS educational videos.
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Other internet sources for information about HIV/AIDS.
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