Table 4.
Stigma toward persons with HIV among 556 FSWs a at baseline and at six months after intervention, Shanghai, 2009-10
| Intervention (n = 278) | Control (n = 278) | Intervention vs. Control | AOR (95% CI) b | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-value | ||||||||||
| Baseline, % (n) | Follow-up, % (n) | p-value | Baseline, % (n) | Follow-up, % (n) | p-value | Baseline | Follow-up | |||
| Would keep it secret if afamily member was infected with HIV | 47.1 (278) | 62.9 (278) | 0.0002 | 55.1 (276) | 65.1 (278) | 0.0201 | 0.074 | 0.6586 | 1.00 (0.69-1.46) | 0.9815 |
| Would not be willing to care for a family member who became sick with HIV in her household | 4.3 (277) | 2.5 (278) | 0.3563 | 6.9 (274) | 4.7 (277) | 0.346 | 0.2541 | 0.2514 | 0.58 (0.21-1.62) | 0.297 |
| Would not allow their child to be in same classroom with another child infected with HIV | 54.0 (278) | 42.8 (278) | 0.0109 | 59.6 (275) | 57.8 (277) | 0.7182 | 0.2069 | 0.0006 | 0.56 (0.9-0.81) | 0.0019 |
| Would not eat in a restaurant where cook infected with HIV | 78.7 (277) | 58.1 (277) | <0.0001 | 75.0 (276) | 69.8 (278) | 0.2013 | 0.352 | 0.0056 | 0.54 (0.37-0.78) | 0.0011 |
| Would not be willing to work next to or near a person who is infected with HIV | 63.4 (276) | 45.7 (276) | <0.0001 | 69.7 (277) | 61.2 (278) | 0.0432 | 0.141 | 0.0004 | 0.57 (0.39-0.81) | 0.002 |
| Would not tell a close family member if she learned she was infected with HIV | 29.9 (278) | 19.8 (278) | 0.008 | 32.0 (275) | 28.4 (278) | 0.4094 | 0.6503 | 0.0226 | 0.66 (0.43-1.02) | 0.0596 |
| Didn’t think people diagnosed with HIV should tell their sexual partners | 8.3 (278) | 9.7 (278) | 0.6565 | 17.0 (276) | 6.8 (278) | 0.0004 | 0.0029 | 0.2812 | 2.09 (1.06-4.10) | 0.0325 |
aRandomly selected 57 participants who were lost to follow-up in the intervention arm were added to equalize the sample sizes in the two arms.
bAdjusted odd ratio, invention group vs. control group at follow-up after adjusting for baseline level and venue type.