Experiences of people living with HIV and people living close to them of a comprehensive HIV stigma reduction community intervention in an urban and a rural setting

Sahara J

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-115

  French, Heleen ^a   Greeff, Minrie ^a   Watson, Martha J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

community; comprehensive; HIV; intervention; stigma

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84917674013     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2014.938104     Document Type: Article

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