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"I have an evil child at my house": Stigma and HIV/AIDS managament in a South African community

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  • Campbell, C.
  • Foulis, C.A.
  • Maimane, S.
  • Sibiya, Z.

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We examined the social roots of stigma by means of a case study of HIV/AIDS management among young people in a South African community (drawing from interviews, focus groups, and fieldworker diaries). We highlight the web of representations that sustain stigma, the economic and political contexts within which these representations are constructed, and the way in which they flourish in the institutional contexts of HIV/AIDS interventions. Stigma serves as an effective form of "social psychological policing" by punishing those who have breached unequal power relations of gender, generation, and ethnicity. We outline an agenda for participatory programs that promote critical thinking about stigma's social roots to stand alongside education and, where possible, legislation as an integral part of antistigma efforts.

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  • Campbell, C. & Foulis, C.A. & Maimane, S. & Sibiya, Z., 2005. ""I have an evil child at my house": Stigma and HIV/AIDS managament in a South African community," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(5), pages 808-815.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2003.037499_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.037499
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    3. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein & Krista Craven, 2014. "A Latent Class Analysis of Stigmatizing Attitudes and Knowledge of HIV Risk among Youth in South Africa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(2), pages 1-8, February.
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