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族群偏见成最大心结 美华裔艾滋病患易现精神问题
2010年05月21日 11:18 来源：中国新闻网 参与互动(1)
中新网5月21日电 据美国《星岛日报》报道，美国虽然推动关注艾滋病的工作近年不断取得成效，但对于华裔小区而言，艾滋病还是一个充满禁忌的疾病，往往伴随着“伤风败俗”、“同性恋”、“性滥交”等价值判断与偏见，以致华裔艾滋病人仍然备受沉重的社会压力，有专门研究受滋病的学者坦言，相比起其它族裔，华裔艾滋病患出现精神问题的比率明显偏高，这与他们得不到族群的支持，备受各种歧视以及无人可以倾诉不无关系。
为了响应美国全国亚太裔艾滋病觉醒日 (National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day)，多个关注亚裔艾滋病的团体19日于纽约大学健康中心举行一场针对亚裔艾滋病问题的讲座，分别请来了亨特学院都城市事务及规划系的韩裔副教授陈约翰 (John Chin) 及华策会艾滋病服务主管陈小文主讲。
有关小区族群的偏见与歧视一直是亚裔艾滋病人难题，使得他们无法乐观面对病情，积极寻求协助，陈约翰指出，很多亚裔，尤其是华裔的艾滋病人，都经常觉得自己是一个负担，让家人朋友感到伤心失望，而且也担心不能得到对方的理解，所以很难安心把病情诸之于口，只得深深的掩埋起来，有些病患可能至病发后，仍然只有主诊医生知道他的病况，他的家人朋友一概不知。
陈约翰还说，很多病人确诊后，甚至停止一切的社交活动，任由自己一个人承受所有的压力，结果更容易出现情绪困扰及更严重的精神问题，根据统计，亚裔艾滋病人有高达71%的受访者，接受精神健康的调查分数很低，比率远高于其它族裔，他们往往也不愿意接受精神治疗，也不相信这能解决他们的问题。
陈约翰目前正进行宗教团体对亚裔艾滋病人的态度调查，以华人小区为例，普遍对艾滋病问题都保持一定距离，只有极少数愿意正视，甚至积极提供支持服务协助艾滋病教友或患者。
华策会的艾滋病服务部门，也可以说是华人小区最先敢于面对艾滋病问题的服务机构，亦深明华裔病患所面对的压力，可以说，一旦让别人知道，还没有病发，自己的生命及生活都已经完蛋了，所以华策会的外展人员，要花更多气力才能说服病患，敢于面对自己的病况，但要他们像其它族裔一样，敢于站出来公开争取艾滋病者的权益，那还是有很大的距离。这需要逐步改变华人社会的观念，放下歧视，给予包容，艾滋病患才可以坦然的摒除心中的重担。(廖国文)
族群偏見成最大心結美華裔艾滋病患易現精神問題
2010年05月21日11:18 來源：中國新聞網參與互動(1)
中新網5月21日電据美國《星島日報》報導，美國雖然推動關注艾滋病的工作近年不斷取得成效，但對於華裔小區而言，艾滋病還是一個充滿禁忌的疾病，往往伴隨著“傷風敗俗” 、“同性戀”、“性濫交”等價值判斷與偏見，以致華裔艾滋病人仍然備受沉重的社會壓力，有專門研究受滋病的學者坦言，相比起其它族裔，華裔艾滋病患出現精神問題的比率明顯偏高，這與他們得不到族群的支持，備受各種歧視以及無人可以傾訴不無關係。
為了響應美國全國亞太裔艾滋病覺醒日(National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day)，多個關注亞裔艾滋病的團體19日於紐約大學健康中心舉行一場針對亞裔艾滋病問題的講座，分別請來了亨特學院都城市事務及規劃系的韓裔副教授陳約翰(John Chin) 及華策會艾滋病服務主管陳小文主講。
有關小區族群的偏見與歧視一直是亞裔艾滋病人難題，使得他們無法樂觀面對病情，積極尋求協助，陳約翰指出，很多亞裔，尤其是華裔的艾滋病人，都經常覺得自己是一個負擔，讓家人朋友感到傷心失望，而且也擔心不能得到對方的理解，所以很難安心把病情諸之於口，只得深深的掩埋起來，有些病患可能至病發後，仍然只有主診醫生知道他的病況，他的家人朋友一概不知。
陳約翰還說，很多病人確診後，甚至停止一切的社交活動，任由自己一個人承受所有的壓力，結果更容易出現情緒困擾及更嚴重的精神問題，根據統計，亞裔艾滋病人有高達71 %的受訪者，接受精神健康的調查分數很低，比率遠高於其它族裔，他們往往也不願意接受精神治療，也不相信這能解決他們的問題。
陳約翰目前正進行宗教團體對亞裔艾滋病人的態度調查，以華人小區為例，普遍對艾滋病問題都保持一定距離，只有極少數願意正視，甚至積極提供支持服務協助艾滋病教友或患者。
華策會的艾滋病服務部門，也可以說是華人小區最先敢於面對艾滋病問題的服務機構，亦深明華裔病患所面對的壓力，可以說，一旦讓別人知道，還沒有病發，自己的生命及生活都已經完蛋了，所以華策會的外展人員，要花更多氣力才能說服病患，敢於面對自己的病況，但要他們像其它族裔一樣，敢於站出來公開爭取艾滋病者的權益，那還是有很大的距離。這需要逐步改變華人社會的觀念，放下歧視，給予包容，艾滋病患才可以坦然的摒除心中的重擔。 (廖國文)
At 11:18 on May 21, 2010 Source: China News Net participation (1)
BEIJING, May 21, according to Xinhua, "Sing Tao Daily" reported that although the United States to promote the work of concerned about AIDS in recent years to achieve results, but in terms of ethnic communities, AIDS is a disease full of taboos, is often accompanied by "immoral" , "gay", "sexual promiscuity" and other value judgments and prejudices, so that ethnic Chinese AIDS continues to be heavy social pressure to have a special research scholars admitted by AIDS, compared to other ethnic groups, Chinese AIDS patients with mental the problem is obviously too high, which they do not have the support of ethnic groups, been no one to talk to all kinds of discrimination and not unrelated.
In response to the National Asian Pacific Islander AIDS Awareness Day (National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV / AIDS Awareness Day), more concerned about the 19 Asian AIDS organizations in New York University Health Centre, a seminar for the Asian AIDS were invited to the Hunter College Urban Affairs and Planning Department are Koreans Chen, associate professor John (John Chin) and Chinese director Chen Xiaowen AIDS Services Planning Council speaker.
Related stigma and discrimination among ethnic communities has been the Asian AIDS problem, so that they can not be optimistic about the face of illness, and actively seek help, Mr John pointed out that many Asians, especially the ethnic Chinese of AIDS, often feel that they are a burden Let family and friends feel sad and disappointed, but also worried about not understanding the other party, it is difficult to feel at ease to various conditions of the mouth, had to bury them deep, some patients may be issued to the disease even after the doctor that he only medical condition, his family and friends knew nothing about.
John Chen said, many patients diagnosed with, or even stop all the social activities, allowing a person to bear all their pressure, the result is more vulnerable to emotional distress and more severe mental problems, according to statistics, as many as 71 Asian AIDS % of respondents in mental health survey scores very low, the ratio is much higher than other ethnic groups, they are often reluctant to accept psychiatric treatment, not believing it would solve their problems.
John Chen is conducting a religious attitude of the Asian AIDS survey to the Chinese district, for example, generally have to maintain a certain distance of AIDS, only a few are willing to face up to, and even actively provide support services to help AIDS patients lay or.
China Planning Council of AIDS Service Department can also be said to be the first to dare to face the Chinese Community AIDS service organizations, also keenly aware of the pressure faced by ethnic Chinese patients, it can be said that once let people know, not sick hair and living their own lives have been finished, so will China policy outreach staff to spend more effort to persuade the patient, dare to face their own conditions, but they are the same as other ethnic groups, dare to stand up and open for the rights of AIDS, it is still a great distance. This requires the concept of gradual change in Chinese society, down discrimination, to inclusive, AIDS patients can calm the mind aside the burden. (Liao Guowen)
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