The ambivalence of stigma and the double-edged sword of HIV/AIDS intervention in Burkina Faso

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1037-1044

  Gausset, Quentin ^a   Mogensen, Hanne Overgaard ^a   Yameogo, Wambi Maurice Evariste ^b   Berthé, Abdramane ^c   Konaté, Blahima ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs; Burkina Faso; Civil Society; HIV; Intervention; Prevention; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORALITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BURKINA FASO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REINFORCEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BURKINA FASO; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84857912686     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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