Stress, diabetes, and infection: Syndemic suffering at an urban Kenyan hospital

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-20

  Mendenhall, Emily ^a   Omondi, Gregory Barnabas ^b   Bosire, Edna ^b   Isaiah, Gitonga ^b   Musau, Abednego ^b   Ndetei, David ^b,c   Mutiso, Victoria ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gender; Health inequalities; HIV; Kenya; Syndemic suffering

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIABETES; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALARIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84944449298     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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