Public knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and people with HIV in Switzerland: results of a national survey
Thomas Grabinger, David Haerry, David Jackson-Perry, Marlon Gattiker, Corinna Oberle, Dominique L. Braun, Katharine E. A. Darling · 2026
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Description
Thomas Grabinger and six co-authors poll Switzerland on what the public knows, and wrongly believes, about HIV. Just over a thousand adults, sampled to mirror the population, answered by phone and web. Three quarters called themselves informed, yet 22% thought kissing can transmit the virus, 13% blamed insect bites, and 8% feared shared objects. Journalistic media supplied most of what people knew.
The modern message that an undetectable viral load cannot transmit split the public into thirds: 22% believed it, 22% rejected it, and 56% had no idea. Stigma, the authors note, feeds on exactly these gaps.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thomas Grabinger, David Haerry, David Jackson-Perry, Marlon Gattiker, Corinna Oberle, Dominique L. Braun, Katharine E. A. Darling |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |