Factors associated with religious congregation members' support to people living with HIV/AIDS in Kumasi, Ghana

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 936-945

  Bazant, Eva S ^a   Boulay, Marc ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Factors; HIV AIDS; Leaders; Mass media; People living with HIV AIDS; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRISTIANITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35348992742     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9191-6     Document Type: Article

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