Christian identity and men's attitudes to antiretroviral therapy in Zambia

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-405

  Simpson, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Catholic Church; Disclosure; Ethnography; Masculinity; Mission education; People living with HIV; Religion; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CHRISTIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MASCULINITY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; ZAMBIA;

EID: 80051853272     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.545650     Document Type: Article

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