Relationships Between Stigma, Social Support, and Depression in HIV-Infected African American Women Living in the Rural Southeastern United States

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-152

  Vyavaharkar, Medha ^a   Moneyham, Linda ^a   Corwin, Sara ^a   Saunders, Ruth ^a   Annang, Lucy ^a   Tavakoli, Abbas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African American women; depression; HIV disease; HIV related stigma; rural; social support

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 76749123845     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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