Persistent HIV-related stigma in rural Uganda during a period of increasing HIV incidence despite treatment expansion

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-90

  Chan, Brian T ^a,b,c   Weiser, Sheri D ^d,e   Boum, Yap ^f   Siedner, Mark J ^a,c   Mocello, A Rain ^d   Haberer, Jessica E ^a,c   Hunt, Peter W ^d   Martin, Jeffrey N ^d   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c,g,h   Bangsberg, David R ^a,c,i   Tsai, Alexander C ^a,c,i  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f EPICENTRE   (France)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

HIV; Incidence; Stigma; Trends; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 84925487290     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000495     Document Type: Article

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