Perceived HIV stigma among children in a high HIV-prevalence area in central China: Beyond the parental HIV-related illness and death

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

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-555

  Lin, Xiuyun ^a   Zhao, Guoxiang ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^b,c   Stanton, Bonita ^c   Zhang, Liying ^c   Hong, Yan ^d   Zhao, Junfeng ^d   Fang, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Orphans; Psychosocial adjustment; Stigma; Vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77952530920     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903253999     Document Type: Article

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