Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2016
Keywords
HIV stigma, Prisons, Correctional staff, HIV discrimination, Factor analysis
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1098-7
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.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
AIDS and Behavior, v. 20, issue 1, p. 71-84
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in AIDS and Behavior. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1098-7
Scholar Commons Citation
Belenko, Steven; Dembo, Richard; Copenhaver, Michael; Hiller, Matthew; Swan, Holly; Garcia, Carmen A.; O'Connell, Daniel; Oser, Carrie; Pearson, Frank; and Pankow, Jennifer, "HIV Stigma in Prisons and Jails: Results from a Staff Survey" (2016). Criminology Faculty Publications. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub/7
