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A Systematic Review of the Literature

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This systematic review, spanning 27 years, synthesized several research perspectives into an across-the-board multi-dimensional framework of HIV/AIDS knowledge and HIV/AIDS-related stigma among adolescents, linking identified differences in HIV/AIDS knowledge and HIV/AIDS-related stigma by significant socio-demographic variables as gender, age, ethnicity, religion, and SES. The included studies in the systematic review showed that, notwithstanding high school students’ high to moderate HIV/AIDS knowledge, they still endorsed myths and misunderstandings about HIV/AIDS. These findings in the included studies also suggested an inconsistent relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and HIV-related stigmatizing attitudes. These findings indicated that planned or appropriate behaviors did not happen because people’s intention may be insufficient to explain their behaviors. The theory of planned behavior posits that it is necessary to not only review people’s intention, but also the perceived behavioral control over people regarding their irrational behavior; perceived behavioral control suggests that people may not have total control over their behaviors. In addition, using the conceptual distinctions of stigma and deviance, and patterns of dominance and oppression within a framework of social inequality also may prevent a person or a group’s readiness to engage in a particular behavior.

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