HIV and AIDS-related stigma in the context of family support and race in South Africa

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-458

  Brown, Darigg C ^a   Belue, Rhonda ^a   Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family; HIV AIDS; race; South Africa; stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL TRADITION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77958560784     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.486029     Document Type: Article

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