Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Stigma"
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A community–based HIV stigma reduction and wellness enhancement intervention for people living with HIV and a close family member
(North-West University, 2012)The diagnosis of HIV is a life-changing event that requires people to deal with the disease, as well as cope with HIV stigma. Both people living with HIV or AIDS (PLHA) and their close family members (CFM) are stigmatized, ... -
A community–based HIV stigma reduction and wellness enhancement intervention for people living with HIV and their partners
(2014)The positive diagnosis of HIV impacts the lives and the relationships of both people living and HIV and AIDS (PLHA) and their partners. This could be the result of the PLHA experiencing stigmatisation from the side of his ... -
Coping with stigma by women whose partners died of aids
(North-West University, 2007)The previous study on the experiences of widowhood and beliefs about the mourning process of the Batswana people found that widows were stigmatised due to cultural beliefs that made coping a difficult process for the widow. ... -
Experiences of people living with HIV and people living close to them of a comprehensive community–based HIV stigma reduction and wellness enhancement intervention
(2014)Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a highly stigmatised condition for people living with HIV or AIDS (PLHA) and people living close to them (PLC) within the African context as well as in other countries. PLC often ... -
Stigmatisation of a patient co-infected with TB and HIV
(North-West University, 2005)The last few years have seen an increase in the infection rate not only of HIV but also TB. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is increasing rapidly mainly in developing countries with 71 % of infections in the Sub-Saharan region of ...