Barriers to HIV testing for migrant black Africans in Western Europe

HIV Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 23-25

  Fakoya, I ^a   Reynolds, R ^b   Caswell, G ^b   Shiripinda, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b African HIV Policy Network   (United Kingdom)

^c National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers; Discrimination; HIV testing; Migrant; Stigma; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MASS SCREENING; NEGRO; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 44949259999     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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