HIV-related stigma, social norms, and HIV testing in soweto and vulindlela, South Africa: National institutes of mental health project accept (HPTN 043)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 620-624

  Young, Sean D ^a   Hlavka, Zdenek ^b   Modiba, Precious ^c   Gray, Glenda ^d   Rooyen, Heidi Van ^e   Richter, Linda ^e   Szekeres, Greg ^a   Coates, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Project Accept; South Africa; stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650210689     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181fc6429     Document Type: Article

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