Improving Hospital-based Quality of Care in Vietnam by Reducing HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination

Improving Hospital-based Quality of Care in Vietnam by Reducing HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination

Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Kim Ashburn, Julie Pulerwitz, Jessica Ogden, Laura Nyblade
2008

To address HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and improve the quality of care in the healthcare setting in Vietnam, the Institute for Social and Development Studies (ISDS), ICRW and the Horizons Program conducted intervention research in four hospitals. The study team conceptualized two fundamental causes of HIV-related stigma: 1) fear of casual transmission; and, 2) negative values/social judgments and associations between HIV and certain behaviors and groups, such as sex workers and injecting drug users. This report is a synthesis of the research.

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