Exploring children's stigmatisation of AIDS-affected children in Zimbabwe through drawings and stories

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 975-985

  Campbell, Catherine ^a   Skovdal, Morten ^a   Mupambireyi, Zivai ^b   Gregson, Simon ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Children; Drawings; Psychosocial well being; Social representations; Stigma; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; COMPLEXITY; DISEASE CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRAWING; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELATIVE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; STORYTELLING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77955095219     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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