Issues of expressed stigma of HIV/AIDS among professionals in Southern Sudan

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1041-1050

  MacHine, Edwin M ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; empowerment; focus groups; HIV AIDS; power; stigma; sub Saharan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUDAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUDAN;

EID: 79960508537     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310392385     Document Type: Article

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