Social stigma and knowledge of tuberculosis and HIV among patients with both diseases in Thailand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Jittimanee, Sirinapha X ^a   Nateniyom, Sriprapa ^a   Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya ^a   Burapat, Channawong ^a   Akksilp, Somsak ^b   Chumpathat, Nopphanath ^c   Sirinak, Chawin ^d   Sattayawuthipong, Wanchai ^e   Varma, Jay K ^a,f  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7   (Thailand)

^c Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute   (Thailand)

^d Bangkok Metropolitan Administration   (Thailand)

^e Phuket Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STIGMA; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTYPING; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67749091330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006360     Document Type: Article

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