All black people are not alike: Differences in HIV testing patterns, knowledge, and experience of stigma between U.S.-Born and non-U.S.-Born blacks in Massachusetts

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-54

  Ojikutu, Bisola ^a,d   Nnaji, Chioma ^b   Sithole, Juliet ^c   Schneider, Karen L ^d   Higgins Biddle, Molly ^d   Cranston, Kevin ^e   Earls, Felton ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Multicultural AIDS Coalition   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Department of Health   (United States)

^d Training Institute   (United States)

^e Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BIRTHPLACE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872291822     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0312     Document Type: Article

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