Measuring HIV- and aids-related stigma and discrimination in Nicaragua: Results from a community-based study

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-178

  Ugarte, William J ^a,b   Högberg, Ulf ^b   Valladares, Eliette C ^a   Essén, Birgitta ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KNOWLEDGE; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877269006     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.2.164     Document Type: Article

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