Barriers to Accessing HIV Services for Black African Communities in Cambridgeshire, the United Kingdom

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-26

  Shangase, Phindile ^a   Egbe, Catherine O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African migrants; Barriers; Cambridgeshire; HIV services; Kleinman s model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; BLACK PERSON; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84925449960     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9889-8     Document Type: Article

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