HIV/AIDS stigma-associated attitudes in a rural Ethiopian community: Characteristics, correlation with HIV knowledge and other factors, and implications for community intervention

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lifson, Alan R ^a   Demissie, Workneh ^b   Tadesse, Alemayehu ^b   Ketema, Kassu ^c   May, Randy ^b   Yakob, Bereket ^b   Metekia, Meka ^d   Slater, Lucy ^b   Shenie, Tibebe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL AIDS DIRECTORS   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT GROUP; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84860360924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-6     Document Type: Article

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