HIV testing and care in Canadian aboriginal youth: A community based mixed methods study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mill, Judy E ^a   Jackson, Randy C ^b   Worthington, Catherine A ^c   Archibald, Chris P ^d   Wong, Tom ^d   Myers, Ted ^e   Prentice, Tracey ^b   Sommerfeldt, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55349138771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-132     Document Type: Article

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