Open Access“They look at you like you’re contaminated”: how HIV-related stigma shapes access to care for incarcerated women living with HIV in a Canadian setting
Author(s) -
Margaret Erickson,
Kate Shan,
Flo Ranville,
Sherri Pooyak,
Terry Howard,
Bronwyn McBride,
Neora Pick,
Ruth Elwood Martin,
Andrea Krüsi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-021-00562-z
Subject(s) - confidentiality , stigma (botany) , psychological intervention , qualitative research , medicine , prison , health care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , nursing , gerontology , family medicine , psychiatry , psychology , criminology , political science , sociology , social science , law
Given the gender disparities in HIV outcomes for women living with HIV (WLWH) who experience incarceration, and the impact of HIV-related stigma on HIV care, this qualitative study investigated how HIV-related stigma within prison settings shapes HIV care for WLWH.