HIV/AIDS stigma and knowledge among predominantly middle-class high school students in New Delhi, India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-69

  Pramanik, Suneet ^a,b   Chartier, Maggie ^c   Koopman, Cheryl ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pacific Graduate School Pscyhology   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV AIDS; India; Knowledge; Sexuality; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33846396745     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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