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- Title
HIV Stigma in Prisons and Jails: Results from a Staff Survey.
- Authors
Belenko, Steven; Dembo, Richard; Copenhaver, Michael; Hiller, Matthew; Swan, Holly; Albizu Garcia, Carmen; O'Connell, Daniel; Oser, Carrie; Pearson, Frank; Pankow, Jennifer
- Abstract
With numerous HIV service gaps in prisons and jails, there has been little research on HIV stigma attitudes among correctional staff. Such attitudes may undermine HIV services for inmates at risk of or infected with HIV. This HIV stigma attitudes survey among 218 correctional staff in 32 US facilities (1) provides an overview of staff's stigma attitudes, (2) reports psychometric analyses of domains in Earnshaw and Chaudoir's HIV Stigma Framework (HSF), and (3) explores differences in stigma attitudes among different staff types. Overall, correctional and medical staff expressed non stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS, but perceived that stigma and discrimination exist in others. Factor analyses revealed a three factor structure capturing two mechanisms of the HSF (prejudice, discrimination). Few factor score differences were found by staff type or setting. Implications for correctional HIV services and future research on HIV stigma attitudes are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HIV infections &; psychology; CORRECTIONAL institutions; PSYCHOLOGY of correctional personnel; FACTOR analysis; PREJUDICES; SOCIAL stigma; SURVEYS; ATTITUDES toward illness; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-015-1098-7