HIV-related stigma, service utilization, and status disclosure among truck drivers crossing the Southern borders in Brazil

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 764-770

  Pulerwitz, J ^a   Michaelis, A P ^a   Lippman, S A ^b,c   Chinaglia, M ^c   Diaz J ^c  

^a Horizons/PATH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Population Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRIVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING; TRANSPORTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 50549083171     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701506796     Document Type: Article

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