Felt stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural and urban Kenya

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-102

  Yebei, Violet Naanyu ^a,b   Fortenberry, J D ^c   Ayuku, David O ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIGMA; STUDENT T TEST; SUPPORT GROUP; URBAN AREA; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65349175871     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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