"I Should Know Better": The Roles of Relationships, Spirituality, Disclosure, Stigma, and Shame for Older Women Living With HIV Seeking Support in the South

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-23

  Grodensky, Catherine A ^a   Golin, Carol E ^b,c,d   Jones, Chaunetta ^a,e   Mamo, Meheret ^a   Dennis, Alexis C ^a   Abernethy, Melinda G ^c,f   Patterson, Kristine B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Core Center for AIDS Research   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disclosure; HIV; Social support; Spirituality; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84922535179     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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