Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
School of Public Policy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Ann Behav Med. 2020 Oct 1;54(10):728-737. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa074.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an emerging pandemic with heightened concerns for people with compromised immune systems, including people living with HIV.
In the absence of a vaccine, public health messaging to mitigate risks for COVID-19 primarily focuses on social distancing. Because people living with HIV commonly experience mistreatment associated with HIV, their response to social distancing may be complicated by psychosocial attitudes associated with COVID-19.
To evaluate these relationships, we conducted a rapid-response, cross-sectional survey with people living with HIV (N = 149) to assess social distancing practices, COVID-19 discriminatory attitudes, COVID-19 xenophobic attitudes, HIV microaggressions, and concern over contracting COVID-19. Data were collected from participants enrolled in a larger ongoing study between March 30, 2020 and April 17, 2020.
Results indicated that choosing to socially distance to reduce COVID-19 exposure was associated with COVID-19 discriminatory attitudes, concerns of contracting COVID-19, and identifying as transgender. Likewise, social distancing imposed by others (e.g., cancelations and restrictions) was associated with concerns of contracting COVID-19.
Findings demonstrate that social distancing measures are related to concerns of contracting the virus and discriminatory attitudes toward those who are presumed to be living with COVID-19. These potentially negative psychosocial attitudes toward people perceived to have COVID-19 echo the discriminatory actions and attitudes that we continue to observe in HIV social sciences research.
导致 COVID-19 的严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2 是一种新出现的大流行病，人们对包括艾滋病毒感染者在内的免疫系统受损人群的健康状况高度关注。
在没有疫苗的情况下，减轻 COVID-19 风险的公共卫生信息传递主要侧重于保持社交距离。由于艾滋病毒感染者通常会遭受与艾滋病毒相关的虐待，因此他们对保持社交距离的反应可能会因与 COVID-19 相关的社会心理态度而变得复杂。
为了评估这些关系，我们对 149 名艾滋病毒感染者进行了快速反应的横断面调查，以评估他们的社交距离实践、COVID-19 歧视态度、COVID-19 仇外态度、艾滋病毒微侵犯行为以及对感染 COVID-19 的担忧。这些数据是从 2020 年 3 月 30 日至 2020 年 4 月 17 日期间参加正在进行的更大规模研究的参与者中收集的。
结果表明，选择保持社交距离以减少 COVID-19 暴露与 COVID-19 歧视态度、对感染 COVID-19 的担忧以及被认定为跨性别者有关。同样，他人强加的社交距离（例如，取消和限制）与对感染 COVID-19 的担忧有关。
研究结果表明，社交距离措施与对感染该病毒的担忧以及对被认为患有 COVID-19 的人的歧视态度有关。这些对被认为患有 COVID-19 的人的潜在负面社会心理态度反映了我们在艾滋病毒社会科学研究中继续观察到的歧视行为和态度。
