Responding to a national policy need: development of a stigma indicator for bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections

In Australia, there are five strategies that set out a national response to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections. Each strategy contains a set of objectives that work towards reducing the transmission, morbidity and mortality associated with these infections, with progress moni...

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Published inAustralian and New Zealand journal of public health Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 513 - 515
Main Authors Broady, Timothy R., Cama, Elena, Brener, Loren, Hopwood, Max, de Wit, John, Treloar, Carla
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia Elsevier B.V 01.12.2018
Elsevier Limited
Elsevier
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Coercivity
Coping
Development policy
Discrimination
Discrimination (Psychology)
Disease transmission
Gender
Health care
Health care policy
Health risks
Health services
Hepatitis
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Indicators
Infections
Lifestyles
Mass media images
Medical personnel
Mental depression
Mental health
Objectives
Physical characteristics
Physical properties
Policy
Population
Prejudice
Public health
Public policy
Quality of life
Risk
Risk taking
Sexual behavior
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - blood
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - psychology
Shame
Social Isolation
Social Stigma
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
STD
Stigma
Substance abuse treatment
Viruses
Workers
Australia
Mexico
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Summary:In Australia, there are five strategies that set out a national response to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections. Each strategy contains a set of objectives that work towards reducing the transmission, morbidity and mortality associated with these infections, with progress monitored via a set of related indicators. A clear objective exists within each of the five strategies to “eliminate the negative impact of stigma, discrimination, and legal and human rights issues on people's health”. However, until recently, there has been no indicator to measure stigma and monitor progress against these objectives. This commentary outlines an approach taken to develop a stigma indicator and lessons learned from its implementation in surveys of priority population groups.
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ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12809