Eliminating Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States: The Impact of Stigma

Matern Child Health J. 2017 Mar;21(3):393-397. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2204-9.

Authors

Kavita Shah Arora^{1

2}, Barbara Wilkinson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. [email protected].
³ Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

PMID: 28032237
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2204-9

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV exceptionalism; Mother-to-child transmission; Perinatal HIV; Stigma.

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel*
Female
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / psychology*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
Physician-Patient Relations*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / psychology*
Prejudice*
Social Stigma*
United States / epidemiology