HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city: Mixed methods results from the BLACCH study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baidoobonso, Shamara ^a   Bauer, Greta R ^a   Speechley, Kathy Nixon ^a   Lawson, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

African descent; Black; HIV risk; HIV AIDS; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874398037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-184     Document Type: Article

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