Thesis information "Community stigma against people with HIV/AIDS in rural areas of Vietnam" by HVCH Pham Thi Tho, majoring in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Pham Thi Tho 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: July 4, 1987 4. Place of birth: Cong Hoa Ward, Chi Linh Town, Hai Duong Province 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, dated October 14, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Community discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS in rural areas of Vietnam. 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 60 31 30 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor. Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh, Department of Sociology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: Through the process of research, investigation, and survey, the topic has obtained certain results: - The topic has pointed out issues related to awareness and changes in awareness of the community towards people with HIV/AIDS in rural areas of Vietnam: Community awareness of issues related to HIV/AIDS is relatively good. In which, understanding of transmission and non-transmission routes of HIV/AIDS is the highest. Community awareness of rights and obligations of people with HIV/AIDS is not good and there is not much difference in awareness between men and women. Awareness of issues related to employment of people with HIV/AIDS is also not viewed positively by the people. - Clarifying the attitudes and behaviors of the community towards people with HIV/AIDS and the influencing factors: Although there is almost no strong discrimination and stigma, there are still attitudes and behaviors that are more difficult to recognize. In particular, the attitude of the community towards people with HIV/AIDS divided by transmission route still has a lot of discrimination. In particular, people with HIV/AIDS due to causes such as mother-to-child transmission, HIV/AIDS infection from husband/wife, and use of unsafe medical services receive a lot of sympathy, sharing, and friendly attitudes from the community. For groups infected with HIV/AIDS due to drug addiction, prostitution, or promiscuous sex, there are still many opinions of opposition, discrimination, and strong discrimination. The survey also showed that up to 39.2% of respondents affirmed that they would not get their hair cut at a salon run by people with HIV/AIDS; 9.5% do not buy food sold by people with HIV and 8.5% do not take a motorbike taxi driven by people with HIV. Men are more positive than women in the hypothetical situations. In particular, discrimination in schools is still relatively common among both parents and adolescents. - Pointing out the current situation, changes and developments of discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS over time: The majority of people (85.6%) of respondents said that discrimination still exists in a small number of people. However, almost all opinions affirmed that compared to 5 years ago, the awareness, attitude and behavior of the community have improved a lot (95%). The forecast of the development of the issue of stigma against people with HIV/AIDS is also very optimistic compared to the present time, the majority of opinions believe that stigma will gradually decrease (54.5%) towards completely eliminating stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS in the next 5 years (36.3%). 11. Practical applicability: Through the research results, the topic contributes to providing practical bases for managers, especially in the two villages of Cao Bo and An Loc Ha, Yen Hong commune, district of Y Yen, Nam Dinh province on the situation of stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS in the locality in an objective and comprehensive manner. From there, appropriate strategies and plans are proposed for the campaign to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS in the two villages as well as to replicate successful methods to other areas in the commune, district and province. The results of the Thesis can be used as a reference for teachers and students who want to learn about HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the community, thereby supplementing the research results of the Thesis.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Pham Thi Tho 2. Sex: Female. 3. Date of birth: July 04, 1987 4. Place of birth: Cong Hoa commune, Chi Linh town, Hai Duong province. 5. Admission decision number: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH. Dated: October 14, 2009. 6. Changes in academic process: No. 7.Name of the master thesis: The stigma of community toward HIV/AIDS carrier in the rural area in Vietnam. 8. Major: Sociology. 9. Code: 60 31 30. 9. Supervisor: Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh, Department of sociology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summarizes the results of the thesis Through research, investigation, survey, subjects have obtained the best results: - Point out the issues related to awareness and change public awareness of people with HIV/AIDS in rural areas of Vietnam: The perception of the community on issues related to HIV/AIDS is relatively good. In particular, the understanding of the transmission and non-transmission of HIV/AIDS is higher than others. community awareness about the rights and obligations of persons with HIV/AIDS is not good and there is not much difference in perception between men and women. Awareness of issues related to the employment of people with HIV/AIDS don't recognize in a positive way by the people . - Clarification of the attitudes and behavior of the community of people living with HIV/AIDS and the impact factor: Although virtually non-existent stigma and discriminate harshly but still exists the stigma and discriminatory behavior at the level of difficulty to identifyt. In particular, community attitudes to people with HIV/AIDS divided by transmission still exists discrimination. In particular, people with HIV/AIDS due to causes such as transmission of HIV from mother-to-child, from her husband / wife or by the use of medical services is not guaranteed to get much sympathy which divided sharing, community-friendly attitude. With the group of HIV/AIDS due to injecting drug users, sex workers or sexual promiscuity, infidelity is still a lot of opposition, discrimination and harsh discrimination. The survey also showed that 39.2 percent of respondents said not cut the hair at the shops from the hairdresser with HIV/AIDS; 9.5% do not buy food at the shops from sellers with HIV and 8.5% do not ride motorbike taxi by people with HIV drive. Men shown more positive than women in the hypothetical situations asked. In particular, discrimination in schools remains relatively popular with both groups of parents and young adolescents. - Indicates the status, changes, and progress of the stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS over time: The majority of people (85.6%) of the respondents said that discrimination, discrimination still exists in a small part of the population. However, most reviews have confirmed that compared to 5 years ago, awareness, attitude and behavior of the community has improved so much better (95%). Predict progression of the problem of discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS is also very optimistic compared to the present time, the majority of the opinion that this discrimination as more reduced (54.5%) towards completely the phenomenon of stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS in the next five years (36.3%). 11. Applicability in Practice: Through the results of the study, subjects contributed to provide the basis for management practices, especially in two areas: Cao Bo and An Loc Ha hamlet, Yen Hong, Y Yen District, Nam Dinh Province on the stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS locally in an objective and comprehensive. From there, make appropriate strategic plans for campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS in the two areas, as well as replicate the successful way to other areas in communes, districts and provinces. The results of the thesis can be used as a reference for teachers and students to learn about the associated with HIV/AIDS in the community, which will have stigma the additional findings of the thesis.
