Objective:Based on a qualitative study conducted in rural central China in 2005 -2006,this article exploredthe stigma against Paid Blood Donors with HIV/AIDS (PBDWH).Methods:With semi-structure interview guides,5PBDWH,8 social workers and leaders were interviewed.Results:Data analysis showed that,similar to HIV-infected individualsfrom other at-risk group (injection drug abusers,MSM,commercial sexual workers),PBDWH perceived great stigmafrom local community.Stigma manifestation included social isolation and rejection by villagers and relatives.The consequenceof the stigma resulted in no disclosure of their HIV status,re-deemed quality of daily life and even suicide.Thecauses of stigma against PBDWH mostly resulted from the contraction of HIV,poverty of PBDWH and AIDS symptoms,but not much moral judgment.Conclusion:PBDWH are stigmatized very much.To give wide publicity of HIV knowledgecan reduce stigma against the PBDWH.
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