Reducing HIV-related stigma: Lessons learned from horizons research and programs

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-281

  Pulerwitz, Julie ^a   Michaelis, Annie ^b,c   Weiss, Ellen ^d   Brown, Lisanne ^e,f   Mahendra, Vaishali ^g  

^a Prog Appropriate Technol in Hlth   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c William J Clinton Foundation   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCLOSURE; FEAR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77950360324     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500218     Document Type: Review

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