Can AIDS stigma be reduced to poverty stigma? Exploring Zimbabwean children's representations of poverty and AIDS

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 732-742

  Campbell, C ^a   Skovdal, M ^c   Mupambireyi, Z ^d   Madanhire, C ^d   Robertson, L ^b   Nyamukapa, C A ^b,d   Gregson, S ^b,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Children; Poverty; Social representations; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ART; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ART; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; ROLE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84864774877     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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