HIV/AIDS stigma and utilization of voluntary counselling and testing in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Odimegwu, Clifford ^a   Adedini, Sunday A ^a,b   Ononokpono, Dorothy N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Ethnic; HIV AIDS; Nigeria; Qualitative; Stigma; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877631430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-465     Document Type: Article

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