{"title":"Courtesy stigma and self-care practices among rural HIV/AIDS healthcare providers","authors":"F. Parks, S. Smallwood","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2021.1922116","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Stigma by association, or “courtesy stigma,” is defined as public disapproval for associating with a perceived stigmatized group. Using an audience response system (ARS), rural HIV/AIDS healthcare providers (n = 69) were asked about experiences of courtesy stigma and self-care practices for safeguarding their well-being. Qualitative responses were coded and themes identified. Forty-nine percent of respondents reported experiencing courtesy stigma (for example, others assuming they were HIV-positive because of their work). While respondents rated their quality of self-care as either “good” (43.5%) or “excellent” (14.5%), opportunities to increase providers’ capacity to practice quality self-care is strongly encouraged.","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2021.1922116","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2021.1922116","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SOCIAL WORK","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Stigma by association, or “courtesy stigma,” is defined as public disapproval for associating with a perceived stigmatized group. Using an audience response system (ARS), rural HIV/AIDS healthcare providers (n = 69) were asked about experiences of courtesy stigma and self-care practices for safeguarding their well-being. Qualitative responses were coded and themes identified. Forty-nine percent of respondents reported experiencing courtesy stigma (for example, others assuming they were HIV-positive because of their work). While respondents rated their quality of self-care as either “good” (43.5%) or “excellent” (14.5%), opportunities to increase providers’ capacity to practice quality self-care is strongly encouraged.