Perceptions of women living with AIDS in rural India related to the engagement of HIV-trained accredited social health activists for care and support

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-404

  Nyamathi, Adeline M ^a   William, Ravi Raj ^b   Ganguly, Kalyan K ^b   Sinha, Sanjeev ^c   Heravian, Anisa ^d   Albarrán, Cynthia R ^a   Thomas, Alexandra ^a   Greengold, Barbara ^a   Ekstrand, Maria ^a   Ramakrishna, Padma ^a,b   Rao, Pantangi Rama ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e C S R Sarma College   (India)

Author keywords

Accredited social health activists (ASHAs); HIV AIDS; Rural india; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 78649725618     PISSN: 15381501     EISSN: 1538151X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2010.525474     Document Type: Article

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