Experiences of stigma among women living with HIV attending sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Colombini, Manuela ^a   Mutemwa, Richard ^a   Kivunaga, Jackie ^b   Moore, Lucy Stackpool ^c   Mayhew, Susannah H ^a   Abuya, Timothy ^d   Askew, Ian ^d   Birdthistle, Isolde ^d   Church, Kathryn ^d   Du Preez, Natalie Friend ^d   Kikuvi, Joshua ^d   Kimani, James ^d   Kivunaga, Jackline ^d   Mak, Joelle ^d   Michaels, Christine ^d   Ndigwa, Charity ^d   Obure, Carol Dayo ^d   Sweeney, Sedona ^d   Vassall, Anna ^d   Warren, Charlotte ^d   Watts, Charlotte ^d   Zhou, Weiwei ^d   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^c AIDS 2014   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Integration; Kenya; Sexual and reproductive health; Stigma; Women living with HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84928779919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-412     Document Type: Article

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