Concerns about stigma, social support and quality of life in low-income HIV-positive Hispanics

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Larios, Sandra E ^a   Davis, Jennifer N ^b   Gallo, Linda C ^a   Heinrich, Janel ^d   Talavera, Gregory ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Latino Center for Health Promotion and Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic; HIV AIDS; Quality of life; Social support; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249110961     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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