Stigma in AIDS nursing care in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1066-1078

  Mill, Judy ^a   Harrowing, Jean ^b   Rae, Tania ^c   Richter, Solina ^a   Minnie, Karin ^d   Mbalinda, Scovia ^e   Hepburn Brown, Cerese ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa, sub Saharan; Caribbean people cultures; HIV AIDS; nursing; participatory action research (PAR); stigma

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; KENYA; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN PEOPLE/CULTURES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIV/AIDS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR); PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STIGMA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAMAICA; KENYA; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN; CARIBBEAN PEOPLE/CULTURES; HIV/AIDS; NURSING; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR); STIGMA;

EID: 84880093967     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313494019     Document Type: Article

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