英文摘要 |
This article, drawing on seven focus-group interviews with 34 service providers who are currently or have ever worked on the front line in providing services for the PLWHAs and their families, explores the challenges that HIV/AIDS service providers now face at this particular stage of improved medications and the spread of the disease to new groups. Findings revealed that HIV-related stigma still prevails in the society of Taiwan, and influences the experience of service providers in subtle ways. Over the past decades, the efforts of HIV-prevention in Taiwan focused on reducing the infection and incidence rates but ignored the social needs and well-beings of PLWHAs and their family. As a result, the HIV- population gradually moves toward a polarization of young and aging. This increases difficulties in providing services for PLWHAs and their family. Finally, we provide suggestions for meeting the needs of the next stage such as prevention policy, service providing, and so on. |