Factors associated with perceived stigma among peopleliving with hiv/aids in post-conflict northern Uganda

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Nattabi, Barbara ^a,b   Li, Jianghong ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b   Orach, Christopher G ^c   Earnest, Jaya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Universities Centre for Rural Health   (Australia)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SELF PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UGANDA; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959831445     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.3.193     Document Type: Article

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