Aboriginal Youth Experiences of Accessing HIV Care and Treatment

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-413

  Prentice, Tracey ^a   Mill, Judy ^b   Archibald, Chris P ^c   Sommerfeldt, Susan ^b   Worthington, Catherine ^d   Jackson, Randy ^e,f   Wong, Tom ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aboriginal; access to care; health services; HIV AIDS; youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84859327128     PISSN: 15381501     EISSN: 1538151X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2011.623903     Document Type: Article

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