“It’s Better If I Die Because Even in the Hospital, There is a Stigma, People Still Gossip”: Gossip as a Culturally Shaped Labeling Process and Its Implications for HIV-Related Stigma in Botswana
Ohemaa B. Poku, Evan L. Eschliman, Patlo Entaile, Shathani Rampa, Haitisha Mehta, Danielle Tal, Lea Silvert, Tingyu Li, Timothy D. Becker, Darshini Govindasamy, Melissa A. Stockton, Adebola Adedimeji, Ari Ho‐Foster, Michael B. Blank, Derek T. Dangerfield, Lawrence H. Yang, Sarah M. Murray
Topics & Concepts
GossipStigma (botany)SerostatusPsychosocialFocus groupPsychologySocial psychologySocial stigmaHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)MedicinePsychiatrySociologyFamily medicineViral loadAnthropologyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health