I received a response from an author I cited during APHA week ( Rojas, 2007) that I wanted to share with you. As I mentioned in the original post, Rojas found that Latino men were more likely to answer stigma questions about HIV correctly than Latino women. Here is Rojas' clarification:There were 376 college community members (not only college ( Read more... )

APHA week continues: At last week's APHA meeting, many papers reported differences in the way that men and women regard HIV and AIDS, across many cultures. All results are 2007. In India, Agrawal et al reported that men were significantly more likely to hold stigmatizing attitudes than women (OR=1.56). Fumihiko Yokota found that men living ( Read more... )