Addressing the slow uptake of HIV testing in Malawi: The role of stigma, self-efficacy, and knowledge in the Malawi BRIDGE project

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-228

  Berendes, Sima ^a,b   Rimal, Rajiv N ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change program; HIV; HIV testing; Self efficacy; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954917224     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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