Experiences of and responses to HIV among African and Caribbean communities in Toronto, Canada

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

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 718-725

  Gardezi, F ^a   Calzavara, L ^a   Husbands, W ^d   Tharao, W ^e   Lawson, E ^a   Myers, T ^a   Pancham, A ^f   George, C ^g   Remis, R ^a   Willms, D ^c   McGee, F ^b   Adebajo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AIDS Committee of Toronto   (Canada)

^e Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^f CITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; People from Africa and the Caribbean; Sociocultural factors; Stigma; Treatment barriers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 46249111564     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701693966     Document Type: Article

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