Stigmatising attitudes among people offered home-based HIV testing and counselling in Blantyre, Malawi: construction and analysis of a stigma scale.

Stigmatising attitudes among people offered home-based HIV testing and counselling in Blantyre, Malawi: construction and analysis of a stigma scale.

<h4>Background</h4>HIV/AIDS related stigma is a major barrier to uptake of HIV testing and counselling (HTC). We assessed the extent of stigmatising attitudes expressed by participants offered community-based HTC, and their anticipated stigma from others to assess relationship with HIV t...

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Main Authors: Peter MacPherson, Emily L Webb, Augustine T Choko, Nicola Desmond, Kondwani Chavula, Sue Napierala Mavedzenge, Simon D Makombe, Treza Chunda, S Bertel Squire, Elizabeth L Corbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026814&type=printable
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