- Authors
- Ogden, Jessica; Khuat Thu Hong and Nguyen Thi Van Anh
- Title
- Understanding HIV and AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Vietnam
- Imprint
- International Center for Research on Women, Washington, 2004, 56 pp
- Url
- http://www.icrw.org/docs/vietnamstigma_0204.pdf
- Description
"This publication is a product of the project: Understanding HIV and AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination in Vietnam. The project was made
possible by funding from the US Agency for International Development, through the CHANGE Project of the Academy for Educational
Development under Cooperative Agreement HRN-A-00-98-00044-00, and by GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Positive Action Program."- Abstract
"From August 2002 through January 2004, the Institute for Social Development Studies and the International Center for Research on Women conducted research on HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in two Vietnamese cities: Can Tho and Hai Phong. This research set out to describe the context in which stigma occurs and to document the experiences of stigma and discrimination among people living with HIV and AIDS and their family members. The research sought to explore the ways in which HIV-related stigma and discrimination intersect with stigmas that may adhere to injection drug users and sex workers, and to understand the ways in which gender and gender roles may affect these processes. Fieldwork for this qualitative research study was conducted in selected communes of Can Tho from 4 - 19 January, 2003 and Hai Phong from 12 - 26 February, 2003 by trained researchers from the Institute for Social Development Studies. Structured thematic analysis of qualitative data gathered from over 250 participant transcripts indicates that HIV
and AIDS-related stigma in Vietnam stems largely from two issues."