Stigmatization of Persons With HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-392

  Badahdah, Abdallah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Arabic culture; Saudi Arabia; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 77957032969     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609360873     Document Type: Article

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