Browsing by Subject "Stigma"
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A HIV stigma reduction intervention for people living with HIV and their families
(Elsevier, 2016)Background The diagnosis of HIV is life-changing that requires people not only to deal with the disease but also to cope with the stigma attached to HIV. People living with HIV (PLWH) as well as their close family members ... -
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. ... -
A critical synthesis of interventions to reduce stigma attached to mental illness
(AOSIS, 2014)Background: Interventions have been developed and implemented to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness. However, mental healthcare users are still stigmatised. Objective: The objective of this study was to critically ... -
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 ... -
Gomphonema grande sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tropical Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2016)Gomphonema grande sp. nov. is described from a single sample collected from the Congo River Basin, Tropical Africa. The morphological features of the new species are described and documented through light microscopy and ... -
Reducing HIV-related stigma through arts-based pedagogies in the Life Skills class : an action research approach
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)The literature indicates that children have ‘AIDS fatigue‘, that teachers are not making the content of HIV education relevant to children and that lessons and curriculum material are based on what adults think children ... -
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 ...