Factors behind HIV testing practices among Canadian Aboriginal peoples living off-reserve

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

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Orchard, Treena R ^a,b,f   Druyts, Eric ^b   McInnes, Colin W ^b   Clement, Ken ^c   Ding, Erin ^b   Fernandes, Kimberly A ^b   Anema, Aranka ^b,d   Lima, Viviane D ^b,d   Hogg, Robert S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Canada; HIV testing; HIV AIDS; Off reserve

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951074247     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903111510     Document Type: Article

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