title: [Influence of HIV related stigma on health care access].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To notice the influence of the stigma surrounding HIV on the access to health services among the seropositive population of Medellín, Colombia, in 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative approach using Strauss' and Corbin's grounded theory. Data was collected through 13 interviews at two different moments.These interviews were transcribed and analyzed, and the data found in them was processed via axial and open coding.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The myths surrounding HIV become a barrier preventing access to healthcare;this hinders timely treatment of the virus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Government policies must aim to reduce the effect that the historical discrimination against HIV has generated so that it can guarantee that infected individuals have early access to treatments for this condition as well as health promotion services.
authors: Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
authors: Viviana
authors: V
authors: Bermúdez-Román
authors: Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
authors: Lemy
authors: L
authors: Bran-Piedrahita
authors: Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
authors: Lucía
authors: L
authors: Palacios-Moya
authors: Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
authors: Isabel Cristina
authors: IC
authors: Posada-Zapata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003105:Colombia; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D063508:Social Discrimination; D057545:Social Stigma