Stigma as experienced by women accessing prevention of parent-to-child transmission of HIV services in Karnataka, India

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

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 836-842

  Rahangdale, Lisa ^a   Banandur, Pradeep ^b   Sreenivas, Amita ^c   Turan, Janet M ^d   Washington, Reynold ^e   Cohen, Craig R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e St John's Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; PMTCT; pregnancy; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954735207     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903499212     Document Type: Article

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