Access impediments to health care and social services between Anglophone and Francophone African immigrants living in Philadelphia with respect to HIV/AIDS

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-579

  Simbiri, Kenneth Omollo A ^a   Hausman, Alice ^a   Wadenya, Rose O ^b   Lidicker, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; HIV AIDS; Immigrant health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955982442     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9229-8     Document Type: Article

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