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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

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ID15337362
AuthorsOhemaa B Poku, Ohemaa Poku (0000-0001-7658-2981, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Evan L Eschliman (0000-0001-6478-4615, Johns Hopkins University), Patlo Entaile (Botswana Open University), Shathani Rampa (0000-0001-7067-0059, Queens College, CUNY), Haitisha Mehta (Columbia University), Danielle Tal (Columbia University), Lea Silvert (0000-0001-8861-2746, Columbia University), Tingyu Li (0000-0002-6143-8562, Columbia University), Timothy D Becker (0000-0002-8400-1312, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Darshini Govindasamy (0000-0001-5984-3588, South African Medical Research Council), Devin Govindasamy (0000-0002-0665-0595), Melissa A Stockton (0000-0002-0737-7180, New York State Psychiatric Institute), Adebola Adedimeji (0000-0002-8012-9124, Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Ari R Ho-Foster (0000-0001-9817-8090, University of Botswana), Ari Ho-Foster, Michael B Blank (0000-0002-6150-4777, University of Pennsylvania), Derek T Dangerfield (0000-0002-2473-3183, Johns Hopkins University), Lawrence Hsin Yang (0000-0001-7779-7423, New York University), Sarah M Murray (0000-0002-4976-9713, Johns Hopkins University)
Year2023
Volume27
Issue8
Pages2535-2547
Publication date2023-01-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAIDS and Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1090-7165 • E-ISSN: 1573-3254
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10461-023-03980-x
PMID36646928
OpenAlexW4316669745
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited49

Family medicine · Focus group · Gossip · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Serostatus · Social stigma · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year9
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
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Citation typesNeutral: 9
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