HIV/AIDS stigmatizing attitudes among young people in swaziland: Individual and environmental factors

Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-120

  Buseh, Aaron G ^a   Park, Chang Gi ^b   Stevens, Patricia E ^a   McElmurry, Beverly J ^b   Kelber, Sheryl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV AIDS; Perceived susceptibility; Sexual behavior; Social stigma; Sub Saharan Africa; Swaziland

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PEER GROUP; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33846068731     PISSN: 15538346     EISSN: 15538613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J499v07n01_06     Document Type: Article

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