The stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Czech Republic (from their own perspective)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://casopis-zsfju.zsf.jcu.cz/kontakt/administrace/clankyfile/20171002133121811866.pdf" target="_blank" >http://casopis-zsfju.zsf.jcu.cz/kontakt/administrace/clankyfile/20171002133121811866.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.06.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.06.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Czech Republic (from their own perspective)

Original language description

The issue of HIV/AIDS is on the front burner in the Czech Republic because the number of newly diagnosed cases has been rising dramatically. One of the essential problems is late diagnosis of the disease. Another typical trend is longer life expectancy for those with HIV, including people with HIV who live to retirement age or start a family. HIV/AIDS is considered to be a so-called stigmatizing disease. In this context, there is no scientific evidence of the social impacts of the disease that could serve as a basis for social assistance provided to this target group. This article offers partial results of a qualitative research conducted in 2016. It deals with the phenomenon of stigmatization from the perspective of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Czech Republic, and considers it to be a social consequence of HIV-positivity. Data collection was based on the techniques of an in-depth semi-structured interview, observation, and two focus groups with people living with HIV/AIDS. Data analysis made use of the method of social constructionist grounded theory (described by K. Charmaz) and altogether it comprised 11 testimonies of people living with HIV/AIDS and 2 other relevant persons. The research results (which are framed by Goffman's theory of stigma) proved that stigmatization is a key issue for the respondents and that in their opinion, stigma related to HIV/AIDS significantly affects the lives of HIV-positive people.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

e211-e219

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85025456437