Gender differences in HIV-related stigma in Kenya

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

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-213

  Mugoya, George C T ^a   Ernst, Kacey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; HIV AIDS; KDHS; Kenya; knowledge; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STIGMA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84906074060     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.808733     Document Type: Article

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