Are integrated HIV services less stigmatizing than stand-alone models of care? A comparative case study from Swaziland

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Church, Kathryn ^a   Wringe, Alison ^a   Fakudze, Phelele ^b   Kikuvi, Joshua ^a   Simelane, Dudu ^b   Mayhew, Susannah H ^a   Cleland, John ^c   Askew, Ian ^c   Warren, Charlotte ^c   Du Preez, Natalie Friend ^c   Colombini, Manuela ^c   Guise, Andy ^c   Green, Judy ^c   Sloggett, Andy ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Family Life Association of eSwatini ICAP at Columbia University   (Swaziland)

^c c/o Family Life Association of Swaziland ^*

Author keywords

Health services research; HIV; Primary care; Reproductive health services; Stigma; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIGMA; SWAZILAND; WAITING ROOM; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV; PRIMARY CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; STIGMA; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTYPING; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879593282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.17981     Document Type: Article

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