The influence of AIDS stigma and discrimination and social cohesion on HIV testing and willingness to disclose HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Global Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-365

  Abdool Karim, Q ^a,b   Meyer Weitz, A ^a,c   Mboyi, L ^a   Carrara, H ^a   Mahlase, G ^a   Frohlich, J A ^a   Abdool Karim, S S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS stigma and discrimination; Disclosure; Social cohesion; VCT

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 54549119451     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690802076496     Document Type: Article

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