Caregivers' and non-caregivers' knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS and attitude towards HIV/AIDS and orphans in Nigeria

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-492

  Ohnishi, Mayumi ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Seino, Kaoruko ^a   Inose, Tomoko ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Caregiver; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Orphan; Personal experience

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORPHAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHRISTIANITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 51149083239     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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