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ATLIS FINDINGS

GENERAL HEALTH STATUS
CURRENT AND FUTURE MEDICATIONS
PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE MEDICATIONS
CONCERNS ABOUT HIV STATUS
CURRENT SEX PRACTICES

Concerns and fears about HIV status
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Region

Country

Concern
that people
know you
have HIV

Who knows
you have HIV

Hardest to reveal status to

Biggest fear about
having HIV

 

 

%Not concerned*
Average
rating

†: Percent

†: Percent

¶: Percent

Western Europe and USA

France

55.0
2.4

F: 61.5
S: 52.5

NO: 5.0
EV: 9.0

P: 37.5
S: 16.5

1. Not care for myself (20.5)
2. Dying (15.0)

Germany

18.5
3.6

F: 62.0
P: 40.5

NO: 4.9
EV:  8.3

P: 34.6
SS: 14.6

2. Dying (27.3)
1. Not care for myself (23.4)

Italy

10.0
4.0

P: 58.5
S: 36.0

NO: 7.5
EV: 6.5

P: 46.0
SS: 12.5

2. Dying (45.5)
1. Not care for myself (18.0)

Spain

32.2
3.3

P: 55.0
S: 53.5

NO: 5.4
EV: 7.9

P: 26.7
S: 12.9

1. Not care for myself (32.7)
4. Treatment stops working (18.8)

USA

29.5
3.4

F: 71.0
S: 51.9

NO: 1.0
EV: 10.0

P: 34.3
S: 20.5

1. Not care for myself (34.8)
4. Treatment stops working (14.3)

Latin America

Caribbean

42.0
3.1

S: 47.5
P: 43.0

NO: 4.5
EV: 22.5

P: 37.5
C: 20.0

4. Treatment stops working (16.0)
2: Dying (16.0)

Mexico

35.5
3.2

P: 60.5
S: 66.0

NO: 2.5
EV: 3.5

P: 47.5
S: 21.0

1: Not care for myself (24.5)
2: Dying (21.0)

Argentina

19.6
3.9

P: 48.5
S: 43.6

NO: 7.4
EV: 26.5

P: 60.8
S: 32.8

2. Dying (27.5)
1. Not care for myself (23.5)

Brazil

21.7
3.8

P: 46.8
S: 43.3

NO: 14.8
EV: 10.8

P: 38.4
S: 12.3

2. Dying (35.5)
1. Not care for myself (22.2)

South Africa, Russia, Asia/
Pacific

South Africa

42.0
3.0

P: 67.5
S: 65.5

NO: 1.0
EV: 5.0

P: 38.5
S: 15.0

1: Not care for myself (33.0)
2: Dying (29.5)

Russia

33.0
3.0

P: 39.5
SS: 27.0

NO: 21.0
EV: 15.0

P: 30.5
SS: 21.0

2: Dying (34.5)
4. Treatment stops working (23.0)

Korea

6.2
4.3

P: 37.7
S: 47.7

NO: 15.4
EV: 0

P: 29.2
S: 23.1

1: Not care for myself (39.2)
5: Social stigma (22.3)

Malaysia

16.0
4.0

P: 47.0
S: 67.0

NO: 5.0
EV: 2.0

P: 32.0
S: 20.0

4. Treatment stops working (32.0)
1: Not care for myself (29.0)

New Zealand

29.7
3.3

F: 74.3
S: 54.5

NO: 1.0
EV: 6.9

P: 36.6
SP: 26.7

1: Not care for myself (33.7)
4. Treatment stops working (24.8)

*1-2, not at all concerned and not much concerned; mean of 1-5 scale with 1 being not at all concerned and 5 being very concerned.
†F, friends; P, parents; S, sibling; SS, spouse/significant other; SP, sex partner other than spouse/significant other; C, children; EM, employer; NO, no one; EV, everyone.
¶(1) I will become more ill and will not longer be able to take care of myself. (2) Dying. (3) I will give the virus to someone else. (4) My treatment will stop working. (5) Social discrimination and stigma. (6) Intolerable side effects from my medication. (7) I will become more ill and will no longer be able to take care of my children. (8) Impact on my current/future relationship(s).

 
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