HIV/AIDS and African immigrant women in Philadelphia: Structural and cultural barriers to care

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1030-1043

  Foley, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCE; HOSTILITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILADELPHIA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 27144468359     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500100890     Document Type: Article

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