Int Conf AIDS 1993 Jun 6-11; 9:125 (abstract no. WS-D22-2) Tillett G; Centre for Conflict Resolution, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Discrimination against people who have or are assumed to have HIV/AIDS remains a major problem. A sample of 500 cases has been analyzed to identify key factors (psychological, social, cultural and organizational) which underlie such discrimination. The effectiveness of a range of strategies in reducing or responding to discrimination is examined. The application of small group processes has been demonstrated to be particularly effective. Its use in health care services has considerable potential. HIV/AIDS related discrimination can most effectively be approached as a form of deep conflict originating in and sustained by the group (or culture) rather than apparently aberrant individuals. Such discrimination is not essentially a result of lack of information and is rarely effectively reduced by formal legal sanctions.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Culture, ICA9 930606
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