Document 0888
 DOCN  M9460888
 TI    Images of AIDS among teenagers and young adults.
 DT    9404
 AU    Redjimi G; Lert F; INSERM U88, Laboratoire GESTE Sante-Publique, Hopital
       National; de Saint-Maurice, France.
 SO    AIDS Care. 1993;5(4):449-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94154025
 AB    This study analyzed images of AIDS and HIV-1 seropositivity among young
       people. The method employed is content analysis of 307 screen plays
       written by participants aged 15-25 as part of a competition organized by
       Medecins du Monde, APS, CRIPS. The participants were instructed to write
       a screen play for a 13-minute film on the theme of Living in the city
       with HIV. In most stories, the seropositive hero was a young male or
       female heterosexual. Only a few scenarios involved drug abusers or
       homosexuals. Despite the absence of evidence of stigmatizating
       attitudes, HIV infection is often seen as a punitive consequence of a
       promiscuous sexual lifestyle. The announcement of seropositivity is
       perceived as a violent break with everyday life associated with
       introspection, and rejection of close friends and family. To cope with
       such a dramatic situation, the subject has to undergo a violent crisis.
       Life as portrayed in the scenarios is similar to life for people with
       HIV as it appears in personal testimonies. The majority of storylines
       concerning young heterosexuals show that participants understood that
       anybody can be affected by AIDS. There was no division into risk groups
       and the tolerant positions adopted demonstrate the impact of the
       associative movement and of information campaigns in France. However,
       the recurrence of the notion of 'illness as punishment' indicates that
       much work remains if AIDS is to be dissociated from moral connotations.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       *PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adaptation, Psychological  Adolescence  Adult
       Female  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  *HIV-1
       Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Life Style  Male  Motion Pictures  Self
       Disclosure  Sex Behavior  *Sick Role  Social Support  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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