Group Interview:
LW
In Brazil, what does AIDS look?
Freddie Mercury from Queen. There definitely is some prejudice, but for me it hasn’t been a big thing for me. Stigma is more in the older generations?
Have you ever been tested?
No, but just not relevant.
Testing for everyone?
Higher risk should be tested but why not get tested if you think there is a risk. Ignore the stigma get tested if you think you need it.
Do you know anyone who has the disease?
No.
AR and SI
What does AIDS look like to you?
S: Africa, because of the people and press coverage. No opinion about US- sex Ed information about it. From movies and things. Rent
A: The gayz. Because there is a high prevalence of AIDS in the homosexuals. Dallas buyers club and Philadelphia. Rent
“Break out in song”
Have you ever been tested?
Both: No
Who do think should get tested?
Both: Everyone who has had sex in the near past or will have sex.
Do you know anyone who has HIV or AIDS?
S: no
A: no
Do you think there is a stigma surrounding it?
S: yes a lot of people are ostracized in society once they get the diagnosis because they are considered dirty.
A: Yes, especially because it is associated with certain populations. Like in Dallas Buyers Club the guy was assumed to be gay because he had AIDS.
Do you know how it is spread?
A: sex
S: Blood, and sex fluids.
L: Blood, not pee, reproductive fluids.
Can you get it from breast milk?
No one knows.
Do you know of any other populations who it is common in?
S: Drug users.
A: Africa has an epidemic, and in America through the sex.
Stigma and generations
S: People in our generation are more knowledgeable, and less close-minded. People know the facts more.
In Brazil, what does AIDS look?
Freddie Mercury from Queen. There definitely is some prejudice, but for me it hasn’t been a big thing for me. Stigma is more in the older generations?
Have you ever been tested?
No, but just not relevant.
Testing for everyone?
Higher risk should be tested but why not get tested if you think there is a risk. Ignore the stigma get tested if you think you need it.
Do you know anyone who has the disease?
No.
AR and SI
What does AIDS look like to you?
S: Africa, because of the people and press coverage. No opinion about US- sex Ed information about it. From movies and things. Rent
A: The gayz. Because there is a high prevalence of AIDS in the homosexuals. Dallas buyers club and Philadelphia. Rent
“Break out in song”
Have you ever been tested?
Both: No
Who do think should get tested?
Both: Everyone who has had sex in the near past or will have sex.
Do you know anyone who has HIV or AIDS?
S: no
A: no
Do you think there is a stigma surrounding it?
S: yes a lot of people are ostracized in society once they get the diagnosis because they are considered dirty.
A: Yes, especially because it is associated with certain populations. Like in Dallas Buyers Club the guy was assumed to be gay because he had AIDS.
Do you know how it is spread?
A: sex
S: Blood, and sex fluids.
L: Blood, not pee, reproductive fluids.
Can you get it from breast milk?
No one knows.
Do you know of any other populations who it is common in?
S: Drug users.
A: Africa has an epidemic, and in America through the sex.
Stigma and generations
S: People in our generation are more knowledgeable, and less close-minded. People know the facts more.