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Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria
Nigerian youth currently bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. This paper presents findings on the occurrence of HIV-related discrimination among youth with HIV accessing care in Ibadan, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted and information on history of discrimination experie...
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345439/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28299083 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2012.e10 |
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author | Sangowawa, Adesola O. Owoaje, Eme T. |
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description | Nigerian youth currently bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. This paper presents findings on the occurrence of HIV-related discrimination among youth with HIV accessing care in Ibadan, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted and information on history of discrimination experienced by 170 youth with HIV was obtained. About 80% of respondents had disclosed their HIV status. The majority had informed their spouses (66.3%), mothers (47.1%), fathers (39.1%) and siblings (37.7%). Sixteen (11.5%) respondents [15 (93.8%) females and one (6.2%) male] had suffered discrimination since disclosure of their status. Of these, 25.0% respondents were sent out of their matrimonial homes by their husbands, 25.0% were abandoned by their spouses and 12.5% indicated their fiancé broke up their relationship. A higher proportion of females (12.9%) than males (4.3%) had suffered discrimination. In addition, a significant proportion of respondents who were separated/divorced (73.3%) had been victims of discrimination compared with those who were widowed (10.5%) or single (5.9%) (P<0.05). The study confirmed that young people living with HIV/AIDS, especially women experience extreme forms of discrimination. More efforts aimed at addressing HIV/AIDS-related discrimination are required especially as it is a known barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts. |
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spelling | pubmed-53454392017-03-15 Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria Sangowawa, Adesola O. Owoaje, Eme T. J Public Health Africa Article Nigerian youth currently bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. This paper presents findings on the occurrence of HIV-related discrimination among youth with HIV accessing care in Ibadan, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted and information on history of discrimination experienced by 170 youth with HIV was obtained. About 80% of respondents had disclosed their HIV status. The majority had informed their spouses (66.3%), mothers (47.1%), fathers (39.1%) and siblings (37.7%). Sixteen (11.5%) respondents [15 (93.8%) females and one (6.2%) male] had suffered discrimination since disclosure of their status. Of these, 25.0% respondents were sent out of their matrimonial homes by their husbands, 25.0% were abandoned by their spouses and 12.5% indicated their fiancé broke up their relationship. A higher proportion of females (12.9%) than males (4.3%) had suffered discrimination. In addition, a significant proportion of respondents who were separated/divorced (73.3%) had been victims of discrimination compared with those who were widowed (10.5%) or single (5.9%) (P<0.05). The study confirmed that young people living with HIV/AIDS, especially women experience extreme forms of discrimination. More efforts aimed at addressing HIV/AIDS-related discrimination are required especially as it is a known barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2012-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5345439/ /pubmed/28299083 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2012.e10 Text en ©Copyright A.O. Sangowawa and E.T. Owoaje http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Sangowawa, Adesola O. Owoaje, Eme T. Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title | Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title_full | Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title_short | Experiences of Discrimination Among Youth with HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria |
title_sort | experiences of discrimination among youth with hiv/aids in ibadan, nigeria |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345439/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28299083 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2012.e10 |
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