HIV testing behaviors among undocumented Central American immigrant women in Houston, Texas

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-123

  Montealegre, Jane R ^a   Risser, Jan M ^a   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   Sabin, Keith ^b   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Americans; Healthcare access and utilization; HIV testing; Immigrants; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860583357     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9534-x     Document Type: Article

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