Stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors toward PLHA in rural China

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

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Sullivan, Sheena G ^a,b   Xu, Jie ^a   Feng, Yuji ^a   Su, Su ^a   Xu, Chen ^c   Ding, Xinping ^c   Gao, Yun ^a   Dou, Zhi ^a   Wu, Zunyou ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Fuyang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; HIV; Knowledge; Practices; Stigma and discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHAME; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949587562     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903012528     Document Type: Article

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