At the edge? HIV stigma and centrality in a community's social network in Namibia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 525-534

  Smith, Rachel A ^a   Baker, Michelle ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Participation; Perceived risk; Social network; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NAMIBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NAMIBIA; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863720403     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0154-9     Document Type: Article

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