"That's all Fake": Health professionals stigma and physical healthcare of people living with Serious Mental Illness.

Background: People living with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) die earlier than the general population due to preventable medical conditions. Latinos living with SMI are a particularly vulnerable population with higher prevalence of chronic medical conditions. Stigma has been identified as a factor that fosters health inequities for Latinos/as with SMI, particularly Puerto Ricans.

Religion and HIV/AIDS stigma in Puerto Rico: a cultural challenge for training future physicians.

HIV/AIDS stigma continues to be a challenge for HIV prevention and treatment. When health professionals manifest stigma it can limit access to quality treatment. With an ever-growing epidemic among Latinos, including Puerto Ricans living on the Caribbean Island, the social and structural factors that foster HIV/AIDS stigma need to be understood.

Testing the efficacy of an HIV stigma reduction intervention with medical students in Puerto Rico: the SPACES project.

Introduction: Stigma associated with HIV has been documented as a barrier for accessing quality health-related services. When the stigma manifests in the health care setting, people living with HIV receive substandard services or even be denied care altogether. Although the consequences of HIV stigma have been documented extensively, efforts to reduce these negative attitudes have been scarce.

The role of gender on HIV/AIDS stigma among medical students in Puerto Rico: implications for training and service delivery.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the role of gender on HIV/AIDS stigma among 507 medical students in Puerto Rico.

Methods: A secondary data analysis was performed with baseline measurements of a controlled randomized study.

Results: Unadjusted analyses showed that the overall multivariate test for gender was significant [X2(11) = 38.

Religion and HIV/AIDS stigma in Puerto Rico: a cultural challenge for training future physicians.

HIV/AIDS stigma continues to be a challenge for HIV prevention and treatment. When health professionals manifest stigma it can limit access to quality treatment. With an ever-growing epidemic among Latinos, including Puerto Ricans living on the Caribbean Island, the social and structural factors that foster HIV/AIDS stigma need to be understood.