Ature review in the areas of gender issues, HIV/AIDS and stigma. The study was carried out in the English language. The study was approved by the Rivers State Agency for the control of HIV/AIDS which acted as ethics committee.Data AnalysisResults To organise our findings, we grouped the categories of statements according to Connell's theory of gender and power [10]. Figure 1 applies the three-part
Viders'ages were measured in years. Race and ethnicity included four categories: White, African American, Latinos/Latinas, and "others."Gender was categorized as male or female. Education included high school, associates, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Education was coded as ordered categorical (1 = high school; 4 = master's degree or higher). Job categories included supervising, counseling, ed