The effects of different dimensions of HIV-related stigma on HIV testing uptake among young men and women in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.creatorMaughan-Brown, Brendan
dc.creatorNyblade, Laura
dc.date2013-10-10T17:44:23Z
dc.date2013-10-10T17:44:23Z
dc.date2013-10
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionAlthough HIV-related stigma is known, in general, to deter HIV-testing, the extent to which different dimensions of stigma independently influence testing behaviour is poorly understood. We used data on young black men (n=553) and women (n=674) from the 2009 Cape Area Panel Study to examine the independent effects of stigmatising attitudes, perceived stigma and observed-enacted stigma on HIV-testing. Multivariate logistic regression models showed that stigma had a strong relationship with HIV-testing among women, but not men. Women who held stigmatising attitudes were more likely to have been tested (OR 3, p<0.01), while perceived stigma (OR 0.61, p<0.1) and observed-enacted stigma (OR 0.42, p<0.01) reduced the odds significantly of women having had an HIV test. Our findings highlight that different dimensions of stigma may have opposite effects on HIV testing, and point towards the need for interventions that limit the impact of enacted and perceived stigma on HIV-testing among women.
dc.descriptionWe would like to thank Muthoni Ngatia, Atheendar Venkataramani, David Maughan-Brown and Rebecca Maughan-Brown for helpful comments and suggestions. Brendan Maughan-Brown is grateful for funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research for his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the authors and are not necessarily to be attributed to the NRF.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-50-2
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/653
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - HIV/AIDS KW - Stigmatisation KW - HIV-testing KW - Africa KW - Women LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The effects of different dimensions of HIV-related stigma on HIV testing uptake among young men and women in Cape Town, South Africa TI - The effects of different dimensions of HIV-related stigma on HIV testing uptake among young men and women in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/653 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/653
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSALDRU Working Paper;109
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS
dc.subjectStigmatisation
dc.subjectHIV-testing
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectWomen
dc.titleThe effects of different dimensions of HIV-related stigma on HIV testing uptake among young men and women in Cape Town, South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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