Attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Zambian High School Students
Attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Zambian High School Students
This chapter examines how the stigma of AIDS results in negative attitudes and a lack of empathy toward persons with AIDS among high school students in Zambia. It describes attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV/AIDS among 204 male and female public high school students in Lusaka. The findings reveal that the pervasiveness of AIDS in Zambia has not resulted in a destigmatization of the epidemic and that many people distance themselves from HIV infection by seeing AIDS sufferers as the “other”, making strong moral judgments against those who are infected with the virus.
Keywords: AIDS, stigma, high school students, Zambia, people with HIV/AIDS, moral judgements
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