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Vaughan, Elena (2023) HIV-related stigma in healthcare settings in Ireland: findings from a collaborative joint stakeholder study. Galway: Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway and HIV Ireland.

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Two-hundred and ninety-eight’ (n=298) healthcare workers and eighty-nine (n=89) people living with HIV participated in the surveys. Sixteen people participated in the interviews and a further fifteen participated in the roundtable.

Key findings from the surveys include: 

•  40% of healthcare workers say they would worry at least a little about drawing blood from a person living with HIV

•  25% of healthcare workers say they have observed a colleague talking badly about a person living with HIV at least once in the past 12 months

•  21% of healthcare workers report using special measures that they would not use with other patients

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