Structural forces and the production of TB-related stigma among Haitians in two contexts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1409-1417

  Coreil, Jeannine ^a   Mayard, Gladys ^b   Simpson, Kelly M ^c   Lauzardo, Michael ^d   Zhu, Yiliang ^e   Weiss, Mitchell ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Centre de Recherche et de Service Socio Humanitaire   (Haïti)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultural epidemiology; Haiti; Haitians; Immigrant communities; Stigma Tuberculosis; USA

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOCUS GROUPS; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HAITI; LEOGANE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956650860     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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