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Abstract

The objective was to examine the extent to which people living with HIV in London reported being discriminated against because of their infection. In 2004–2005, people living with HIV attending NHS outpatient HIV clinics in north east London were asked: “Have you ever been treated unfairly or differently because of your HIV status—in other words discriminated against?”. Of the 1,687 people who returned a questionnaire (73% response rate), data from 1,385 respondents were included in this analysis; 448 heterosexual women and 210 heterosexual men of black African origin, 727 gay/bisexual men (621 white, 106 ethnic minority). Overall, nearly one-third of respondents (29.9%, 414/1,385) said they had been discriminated against because of their HIV infection. Of those who reported experiencing HIV-related discrimination, almost a half (49.6%, 200/403) said this had involved a health care worker including their dentist (n = 102, 25.3%) or primary care physician (n = 70, 17.4%).

Publication Type:	Article
Publisher Keywords:	Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Social Sciences, Biomedical, Biomedical Social Sciences, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SSCI, SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL, HIV, discrimination, gay men, Black African, London, PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION, STIGMA, HEALTH, RISK, MEN, INFECTION, SELF, GAY, TRANSMISSION, ATTITUDES
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Psychological Sciences
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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