HIV Infection: Ethnic Groups

(asked on 13th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the stigma faced by BAME people living with HIV to help ensure they engage with medical professionals.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 22nd February 2019

In 2015, Public Health England (PHE) collaborated with the sexual health charity, the Family Planning Association, on the ‘People Living with HIV Stigma Survey UK’ to identify the stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV in healthcare settings, faith settings, the workplace, and with intimate partners, family and friends. Results were disseminated via scientific manuscripts, medical conferences, and publicly available reports. Positive Voices, a recurring, nationally representative survey of people living with HIV, was last undertaken by PHE in 2017. It included questions on stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings. Dissemination of results is ongoing, including a community-led report on stigma: ‘Changing Perceptions: Talking about HIV and Attitudes’, and the production of publicly available reports, local reports, presentations and scientific manuscripts. These reports aim to change perceptions about living with HIV.

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