Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Department
Nursing
Committee Chair
Yeow Chye Ng
Committee Member
Lori Lioce
Committee Member
Laura L. Larson
Subject(s)
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, Stigma (Social psychology)
Abstract
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) experience stigma that creates barriers have the net effect of limiting access to care and decreased quality of life. This study seeks to identify, quantify, and measure mechanisms that produce the negative outcomes of provider-based stigma in regards to PLWH. The study employs the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS), a new instrument based on a tripartite model of measuring prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination as developed by Wagner et al. in 2014. The study shows stereotyping is prevalent in the sample as a whole while prejudice was statistically significant in both correlations and comparisons made among groups. The study concludes that stigma is both frank and occult in its operation within the healthcare delivery model and recommends concrete and targeted interventions suitable for the setting where the study takes place.
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, Michael John, "Measuring HIV stigma among healthcare providers" (2015). Theses. 154.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/154