Abstract
Stigma and Discriminatory Attitude towards People Living with HIV/AIDS among High School Students
Highlights
HIV/AIDS is one of the worst epidemics that mankind has faced
Stigma and discriminating attitude was found to be high among high school students: 43% of the students were not willing to live with people with HIV in the same house; 40% of them agreed with the statement that said “People with HIV should be isolated”; and 30% of them believed that people with HIV deserve the suffering because they thought that these people had done something wrong
It was found in this study that high proportion of the students expressed stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV
Summary
School based cross-sectional survey was conducted in June 2006 to describe level of and factors associated with stigma and discriminatory attitude towards people with HIV. Study participants were selected from the schools using multistage random sampling techniques. Data was collected using self-administered and structured questionnaire that has three sections: socio-demography, HIV test history and sexuality, and stigma and discriminatory attitude towards people with HIV. Journal of AIDS and HIV Infections researches [6,15,16,18,19,20,21] Items used in these studies were pooled, reviewed and adopted to the local context. Descriptive analyses of socio-demography, HIV test history and sexual activity, and stigma and discriminatory attitude were conducted using frequency, percent and mean scores. Permission was obtained from the schools administrators and teachers
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