Blame, symbolic stigma and HIV misconceptions are associated with support for coercive measures in urban India

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 700-710

  Ekstrand, Maria L ^a,b   Bharat, Shalini ^c   Ramakrishna, Jayashree ^d   Heylen, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS stigma; Discrimination; India; PHLA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COERCION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862701538     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9888-z     Document Type: Article

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