Reluctance to do blood testing limits HIV diagnosis and appropriate health care of sub-saharan African migrants living in Spain

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Navaza, Bárbara ^a   Guionnet, Anne ^a   Navarro, Miriam ^a   Estévez, Laura ^a   Pérez Molina, José Antonio ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood test; Ethnography; HIV AIDS; Migrants; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858223284     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9871-0     Document Type: Article

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