AIDS Discrimination in Asia.AIDS Discrimination in Asia Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004 This booklet documents AIDS-related discrimination in India, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, based on interviews with 764 positive peers. The majority of respondents (80%) met some form of discrimination either in the health sector (54%), the community (31%), the family (18%) or the workplace (18%). The level of discrimination was affected by sex, state of health, marital status marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. and whether participants had had a choice in taking an HIV test HIV test Various tests have been used to detect HIV and production of antibodies thereto; some HTs shown below are no longer actively used, but are listed for completeness and context. See HIV, Immunoblot. . Women were significantly more likely than men to experience discrimination within the family and the community. The appendices include an ethical code of conduct for the study and the questionnaires used. Available from: APN APN abbr. advanced practice nurse + Bangkok, Thailand Web: <www.gnpplus.net/regions/asiapac.html> |
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