An Analysis of Approaches to Reduction of HIV Stigma across the World through educational interventions: A Scoping Review.
Hamideh Ebrahimi, Foroozan Atashzadeh Shoorideh, Mohammad Reza Sohrabi and 2 others
PMID 39083818WHAT IT FOUND
Across 31 interventional studies, some reported reduced HIV stigma and some reported no effect.
The review did not identify one single method.
Key findings
01The review included 31 interventional studies carried out from 2008 to 2020.
02The included studies targeted community-based stigma reduction (9), medical department employees and students (11), and individuals with HIV (11).
03Some included studies reported no effect on stigma.
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What it does not show
The included studies used different tools to measure stigma, so their results are not directly comparable. The studies were done in populations with different economic and social conditions and used different control groups. Some included studies had unclear or high risk of bias in randomisation, blinding, or reporting. The review excluded studies without interventions, case reports, case series, low-quality studies, and papers not published in English.
Declared interests
The paper reports no funding.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this review as proof that one educational intervention reduces HIV stigma. The included studies differed in population, intervention, and measurement, and some reported no effect.