High HIV knowledge relates to low stigma in pharmacists and university health science students in Guyana, South America

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Balfour, Louise ^a,b,c   Corace, Kimberly ^a,b,c   Tasca, Giorgio A ^b,c,d   Best Plummer, Wallis ^e   MacPherson, Paul A ^a,b,c   Cameron, D William ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Canadian Society for International Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Guyana; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Prevention; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STIGMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GUYANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; PHARMACISTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77957754239     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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