Antiretroviral therapy and reproductive life projects: Mitigating the stigma of AIDS in Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-352

  Smith, Daniel Jordan ^a   Mbakwem, Benjamin C ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ikenegbu Layout ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy (ART); HIV AIDS; Life projects; Marriage; Nigeria; Reproduction; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILDBEARING; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONCEPTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; RASH; SOCIAL BELIEF; STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 77953684397     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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