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Attitudes About Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV/AIDS : Relationship between stigma and HIV testing
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Relationship between stigma and HIV testing

Fear of being stigmatized by HIV/AIDS appears to have at least some relationship to people's decisions about whether or not to get tested for HIV. About one in five say that if they were to be tested for HIV, people they know would think less of them. In addition, 13% of people who had never been tested for HIV say that worries about confidentiality were a factor in their decision not to have the test.

Relationship between stigma and HIV testing (pie chart and bar graph)

 
 
 
 
 

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