The relationship between health worker stigma and uptake of HIV counseling and testing and utilization of non-HIV health services: the experience of male and female sex workers in Kenya

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

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1364-1372

  Nyblade, Laura ^a   Reddy, Aditi ^a   Mbote, David ^b   Kraemer, John ^a,c   Stockton, Melissa ^a   Kemunto, Caroline ^d   Krotki, Karol ^a   Morla, Javier ^a   Njuguna, Stella ^e   Dutta, Arin ^b   Barker, Catherine ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Palladium   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Survivors   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

discrimination; female sex workers; health care workers; healthcare utilization; male sex workers; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKER; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015859336     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1307922     Document Type: Article

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