Mariam Davtyan
University of California, USA
Biography
Mariam Davtyan is doctoral candidate in Public Health at University of California Irvine. In 2005, she has also served as a pediatric and adult HIV/AIDS Researcher at the LAC+USC Maternal, Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology (MCA Center). Her work with women of color living with HIV/AIDS has inspired her to study stigma, a significant stressor that leads to poor outcomes. Her research focuses on stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings and within provider-patient interactions. Her current projects use photovoice, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology involving documentary photography, to define and describe the extent of stigma among African American and Latina women living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles, and to educate healthcare workers about the impact of stigma on patients. She has presented her research at the International Conference on HIV-Stigma at Howard University and the International AIDS Conferences in Melbourne, Australia, and Durban, South Africa.
Abstract
Abstract : A Grounded Theory Study of HIV-related Stigma in US-based Health Care Settings