Emotional, physical and financial burdens of stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS in China

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-131

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Liu, Yu ^a   Qiao, Shan ^b   Zhang, Liying ^c   Zhou, Yuejiao ^d   Shen, Zhiyong ^d   Tang, Zhengzhu ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV related stigma; PLWHA; Various burdens

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BERGER HIV STIGMA SCALE; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84958520865     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1146206     Document Type: Article

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