| Urban-rural differences in motivation to control prejudice toward people with HIV/AIDS: the impact of perceived identifiability in the community. | |
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PMID: 18643806 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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CONTEXT: HIV/AIDS is occurring with increasing frequency in rural areas of the United States, and people living with HIV/AIDS in rural communities report higher levels of perceived stigma than their more urban counterparts. The extent to which stigmatized individuals perceive stigma could be influenced, in part, by prevailing community attitudes. Differences between rural and more metropolitan community members' attitudes toward people with HIV/AIDS, however, have rarely been examined. PURPOSE: This study investigated motivation to control prejudice toward people with HIV/AIDS among non-infected residents of metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas of rural New England. METHODS: A total of 2,444 individuals were identified through a random digit dialing sampling scheme, and completed a telephone interview to determine attitudes and concerns about a variety of health issues. Internal or external motivation to control prejudice was examined using a general linear mixed model approach, with independent variables including age, gender, community size, and perceived indentifiability within one's community. FINDINGS: Results showed that community size, by itself, was not related to motivation to control prejudice. However, there was a significant interaction between community size and community residents' perceptions about the extent to which people in their communities know who they are. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that residents of rural areas, in general, may not show a higher level of bias toward people with HIV/AIDS. The interaction between community size and perceived identifiability, however, suggests that motivation to control prejudice, and potentially the subsequent expression of that prejudice, is more complex than originally thought. |
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Authors:
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Janice Yanushka Bunn; Sondra E Solomon; Susan E Varni; Carol T Miller; Rex L Forehand; Takamaru Ashikaga |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association Volume: 24 ISSN: 1748-0361 ISO Abbreviation: J Rural Health Publication Date: 2008 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-07-22 Completed Date: 2008-10-31 Revised Date: 2012-05-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8508122 Medline TA: J Rural Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 285-91 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medical Biostatistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. janice.bunn@uvm.edu |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adolescent Adult Aged Female HIV Infections* Humans Interviews as Topic Male Middle Aged Motivation* New England Prejudice* Rural Population* Social Identification* Urban Population* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 MH 066848/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; R01 MH066848/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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