Use of stigma, fear, and denial in development of a framework for prevention of HIV/AIDS in rural African American communities

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-327

  Foster, Pamela H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Denial; Fear; HIV AIDS; Prevention; Rural health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34548661511     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000290544.48576.01     Document Type: Article

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