Stigma and social participation in Southern India: Differences and commonalities among persons affected by leprosy and persons living with HIV/AIDS

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-707

  Stevelink, S A M ^a   Van Brakel, W H ^b,c   Augustine, V ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Schieffelin Institute of Health Research & Training   (India)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India, leprosy; measurement; social participation; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEPROSY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857407358     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.555945     Document Type: Article

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