Sexual stigma and sympathy: Attitudes toward persons living with HIV in Jamaica

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 423-433

  Norman, Lisa R ^a   Carr, Robert ^b   Jiménez, Julio ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Jamaica; People living with HIV; Stigma; Sympathy; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAMAICA; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33747630498     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600855748     Document Type: Article

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