10,963
edits
Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.
Beijing: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
In China today, there is often strong social stigma regarding STIs/STDs. In a 2008 study of Shanghai migrant women, over 50% agreed that people who acquired HIV through drugs or sex deserved it. Yet only 3.7% had ever been tested for HIV.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022510/ STIGMA AGAINST HIV-INFECTED PERSONS AMONG MIGRANT WOMEN LIVING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA]</ref> In 2016, another study concluded that "people who contracted HIV from 'blameless' routes (e.g., with stable partners) may have less stigmatized experience compared to people who contracted HIV from 'blamable' routes (e.g., injecting drug use, sex with sex workers).<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151078 Stigma against People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: Does the Route of Infection Matter?]</ref> | In China today, there is often strong social stigma regarding STIs/STDs. In a 2008 study of Shanghai migrant women, over 50% agreed that people who acquired HIV through drugs or sex deserved it. Yet only 3.7% had ever been tested for HIV.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022510/ STIGMA AGAINST HIV-INFECTED PERSONS AMONG MIGRANT WOMEN LIVING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA]</ref> In 2016, another study concluded that "people who contracted HIV from 'blameless' routes (e.g., with stable partners) may have less stigmatized experience compared to people who contracted HIV from 'blamable' routes (e.g., injecting drug use, sex with sex workers).<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151078 Stigma against People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: Does the Route of Infection Matter?]</ref> | ||
=== | ===Helpful Terminology=== | ||
Chinese words for STDs/STIs:<ref>[http://www.healthandsafetyinshanghai.com/shanghai-std.html Shanghai STD Guide]</ref> | Chinese words for STDs/STIs:<ref>[http://www.healthandsafetyinshanghai.com/shanghai-std.html Shanghai STD Guide]</ref> | ||
| Line 93: | Line 93: | ||
Hepatitis B: Yǐxíng gānyán 乙型肝炎 | Hepatitis B: Yǐxíng gānyán 乙型肝炎 | ||
===Testing Facilities=== | |||
* Beijing Youan Hospital: This hospital is included in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Directory. Address: No.8, Xi Tou Tiao, Youanmen Wai, Fengtai District. Address: Beijing Beijing China. Phone: (+86) 13501074127 | |||
===Support=== | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
If you choose to go to a public clinic, prices will be cheaper. However, anonymity is not guaranteed. Overall, expect to pay anywhere from 300-1000 RMB for the consultation and between 100-800RMB per test. | * You'll typically pay a fee for a bundle of STD tests at public Chinese clinics. But you'll be charged an extra fee if you also want an HPV test. | ||
* If you choose to go to a public clinic, prices will be cheaper. However, anonymity is not guaranteed. Overall, expect to pay anywhere from 300-1000 RMB for the consultation and between 100-800RMB per test. | |||
==Medications & Vaccines== | ==Medications & Vaccines== | ||