HIV issues and people with disabilities: A review and agenda for research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Groce, Nora Ellen ^a   Rohleder, Poul ^b,c   Eide, Arne Henning ^d   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^c,e   Mall, Sumaya ^c   Swartz, Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Disability; Handicap; HIV; Risk factors; Sexual and reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

DISABLED PERSONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871620799     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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