Katie Bishop, Fiona Rae, Nibu Thomas, Charlie Tombs
DOES EXPERIENCE MATTER? A mixed methods study of medical student experiences of near-peer and senior clinician-led tutorials
MedEdPublish (2016)
recent advances care treatment turned hiv chronic manageable condition despite people living hiv plhiv continue suffer stigma discrimination accessing health care services study examined experience stigma discrimination access health care services among plhiv akwa ibom state center clinical care clinical research cccrn implementing usaidfunded integrated child health social services award ichssa 1 project conducted communitybased crosssectional survey 12 randomly selected local government areas akwa ibom state nigeria structured quantitative questionnaire used data collection total 425 randomly selected plhiv interviewed providing informed consent descriptive statistics bivariate analyses conducted using data analytical application stata 14 study revealed 215 plhiv 504 denied access health care services including dental care hiv status akwa ibom state respondents reported afraid gossip 78 verbally abused 17 physically harassed assaulted positive status 13 selfstigmatization also evident respondents reported ashamed positive hiv status 29 exhibiting selfguilt 16 low selfesteem 38 experiencing selfisolation 36 women rural residents plhiv education unemployed single young people aged 19 29 years older adults likely experience hivrelated stigmatization data study revealed percentage plhiv experience healthrelated stigmatization hiv status high akwa ibom state finding calls prioritization interventions reduce stigma enhance selfesteem promote empathy compassion plhiv also highlights need hiv education family community members health care providers enhance knowledge hiv improve acceptance plhiv within families communities health care settings