Where will this illness take me? Reactions to HIV diagnosis from women living with HIV in Kenya

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-299

  Kako, Peninnah M ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^a   Karani, Anna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952683301     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.530727     Document Type: Article

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