HIV/AIDS-related stigma felt by people living with HIV from Buea, Cameroon

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Jacobi, Christoph A ^a   Atanga, Pascal N J I ^b   Bin, Leonard K ^b   Mbome, Victor N ^c   Akam, Wilfred ^d   Bogner, Johannes R ^e   Kropf, Siegfried ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Regional Technical Group to Fight HIV/AIDS   (Cameroon)

^c Buea Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d Limbe Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cameroon; HIV; stigmatization; UNAIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84871299074     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.701715     Document Type: Article

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