Negative labeling and social exclusion of people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the antiretroviral therapy era: Insight from attitudes and behavioral intentions of female heads of households in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 821-826

  Mukolo, Abraham ^a   Blevins, Meridith ^a   Hinton, Nicole ^a   Victor, Bart ^b   Vaz, Lara M E ^a,c   Sidat, Mohsin ^d   Vergara, Alfredo E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Friends in Global Health LLC   (Mozambique)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Community stigma; HIV AIDS knowledge; Household survey; Rural Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; COMMUNITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNITY STIGMA; HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL MOZAMBIQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOZAMBIQUE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899912345     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.861570     Document Type: Article

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