Community factors shaping HIV-related stigma among young people in three African countries

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

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-410

  Stephenson, Rob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Community; Stigma; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; ZAMBIA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649409317     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802290365     Document Type: Article

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