Socio-Economic Determinants of Stigmatization and HIV Testing in Lesotho

Socioeconomic determinants of stigmatization and HIV testing in Lesotho

HIV/AIDS stigmatizing attitudes and their consequences on preventative behaviors are among the most poorly understood aspects of the AIDS epidemic. This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of discriminating attitudes toward people living with HIV and their implications on the likelihood of HIV testing. These effects are tested using the 2004 and 2009 Demographic and Health Surveys con...

Socio-economic determinants of HIV/AIDS pandemic and nations efficiencies

This paper examines the influence and direction of social and economic determinants of the HIV/AIDS global epidemic across nations and assesses each country’s efficiency in battling the pandemic. The initial dataset consisted of 151 countries with five dependent variables and 90 explanatory variables (reduced to 50 after extensive exploratory data analysis of missing value patterns, undesirable...

Socio-economic inequity in HIV testing in Malawi

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a significant contributor to Malawi's burden of disease. Despite a number of studies describing socio-economic differences in HIV prevalence, there is a paucity of evidence on socio-economic inequity in HIV testing in Malawi. OBJECTIVE To assess horizontal inequity (HI) in HIV testing in Malawi. DESIGN Data from the Demographic and Health Sur...

Exploration of the Relationship between Cultural-Socio-Economic Determinants and Entrepreneurship

Demographic, socio-economic and psychological determinants of HIV treatment: A community out-patient experience

Objective: To find out basic understanding of HIV infection, degree of awareness regarding the ongoing treatment and reasons behind irregular follow-up visits of our HIV patients in the out-patient clinic. Participants and Methods: 75 patients of our inner city community hospital HIV clinic (J.E. Wood Clinic of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia) were given an anonymous, survey questionnaire. ...