Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), battling stigma, discrimination and denial and the role of support groups as a coping strategy: A review of literature

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Paudel, Vikas ^a,c   Baral, Kedar P ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c MIRA Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Discrimination; HIV AIDS; Stigma; Support group; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEPALESE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGRAM IMPACT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF STIGMA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84930623514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0032-9     Document Type: Article

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