Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

Preface.- Chapter 1: Stigma, Discrimination and HIV/AIDS across Cultures: An Introduction Pranee Liamputtong.- PART I. STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION, HIV/ AIDS - THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING.- Chapter 2: Stigma Experienced by People Living with HIV/AIDS Valerie A. Earnshaw and Seth C. Kalichman.- Chapter 3: Gender and AIDS Stigma Robert Wyrod.- Chapter 4. HIV-related Stigma across Cultures: Adding Family into the Equation Connie Y.Y. Ho and Winnie W.S. Mak.- Chapter 5. Disclosure and Stigma: A Cultural Perspective Minrie Greeff.- Chapter 6. HIV Stigmatization among Healthcare Providers: Review of the Evidence and Implications for HIV Care Jessie Naughton and Peter A. Vanable.- PART II. THE EXPERIENCES OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GROUPS.- Chapter 7. Morality, Discrimination, and Silence: Understanding HIV Stigma in the Socio-Cultural Context of China Yanqiu Rachel Zhou.- Chapter 8: Stigma and Discrimination towards People Living with HIV: Socio-Cultural Aspects, Experiences, and Ethical and Legal Responses in Colombia Chantal Aristizabal-Tobler.- Chapter 9: Internalized Stigma among African American Living with HIV: Preliminary scale Development based on Qualitative Data Deepa Rao, Michele Andrasik, Xeno Acharya and Jane Simoni.- Chapter 10. HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination in Puerto Rico: The Role of Sympathy on Attitudes towards Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Lisa R. Norman.- Chapter 11: HIV-Related Stigma and HIV Disclosure among Latinos on the U.S.-Mexico Border John A. Sauceda, John S. Wiebe, Deepa Rao, Cynthia R. Pearson and Jane M. Simoni.- Chapter 12: The Experience of HIV-Related Stigma in South Africa Maretha Visser and Heather Sipsmau.- Chapter 13: Spaces of Disclosure and Discrimination: Case Studies from India Ajay Bailey and Shrinivas Darak.- Chapter 14: Stigma, Modernization, Sex Behavior, and Infection Risk among Chinese Youth Eli Lieber, Ioakim Boutakidis and Dorothy Chin.- Chapter 15. Layered Stigma andd HIV/AIDS: Experiences of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in South Africa Allanise Cloete, Seth C. Kalichman and Leickness C. Simbayi.- Chapter 16. Emerging Gay Identities in China: The Prevalence and Predictors of Social Discrimination against Men who have Sex with Men Jenny X. Liu and Kyung-Hee Choi.- Chapter 17. Strange Bedfellows: HIV-Related Stigma among Gay Men in Australia John B.F. de Wit, Dean A. Murphy, Philippe C.G. Adam and Simone Donohoe.- Chapter 18: The Hierarchical Experience of Stigma in HIV/ Hepatitis C Co-Infected Gay Men Gareth J. Owen.- PART III. DEALING WITH AND MANAGEMENT OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION.- Chapter 19. HIV/AIDS Related Stigma among African Americans in the southern United States Pamela Payne Foster and Susan W. Gaskins.- Chapter 20. An Antitode to Stigma? The People Living with HIV Stigma Index in Malawi and the United Kingdom (UK) Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Maureen L. Chirwa, Sam de Croy, Alastair Hudson, David Kamkwamba, Ruth Kundecha, Pamela T. Mahaka, Sue Onyango and Eunice Sinyemu.- Chapter 21: Achieving Harmony: Moving from Experiencing Social Disgust to Living with Harmony in People with HIV/AIDS in the Thai Context - Quantar Balthip, Julie Boddy and Jirapa Siriwatanamethanon.- Chapter 22: AIDS Support Groups and Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand - Pranee Liamputtong, Niphattra Haritavorn and Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee.- Chapter 23: Gender Differences in Stigma and Community Support among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand - Fumihiko Yokota and Mark VanLandingham.