DISEASED HIV/AIDS EDUCATION AND STIGMA AMONG ADOLESCENTS : south pacific and caribbean

This book addresses the relationship between high school students’ HIV and AIDS knowledge and their stigma-related attitudes/perceptions of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Caribbean and South Pacific, with a view to designing effective stigma-reduction combined intervention programs. Presenting an international cross-sectional study using a purposive sample of high school students from Fiji (South Pacific), Vanuatu (South Pacific), Guyana, and Antigua & Barbuda (Caribbean) to assess HIV and AIDS knowledge and stigma-related attitudes by gender, age, religion, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, the book shows how stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs negatively impact interventions to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Introduction (Prem Misir)....Pages 1-20 A Systematic Review of the Literature (Prem Misir)....Pages 21-69 Methodology (Prem Misir)....Pages 71-85 HIV/AIDS Knowledge (Prem Misir)....Pages 87-136 HIV/AIDS Stigma (Prem Misir)....Pages 137-167 Predictors of HIV/AIDS Knowledge and HIV-Related Stigma (Prem Misir)....Pages 169-196 Discussion and Implications (Prem Misir)....Pages 197-222 Back Matter ....Pages 223-233