Choosing sides: HIV health care practices among shared populations of HIV-positive latinos living near the US-Mexico Border

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Servin, Argentina E ^a   Muñoz, Fátima A ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Kozo, Justine ^a   Zúñiga, María Luisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; HIV health care; Latinos; persons living with HIV AIDS (PLHA); US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869011988     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109712453854     Document Type: Article

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