HIV: The invisible epidemic of the United States healthcare system
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...…dislike of doctors/hospitals, stigmatisation of the HIV test, relationship between infection and criminal activity or fear of consequences (such as travel/ visa restrictions) for an HIV-positive result (Watney, 1989; Danziger, 1994; Rogers, 1997; Valdiserri et al, 1999)....
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...Furthermore, Canada has a commitment to preventive healthcare (Rogers, 1997), which has improved the overall health of the average Canadian (Starfield, 2000)....
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...health, dislike of doctors/hospitals, stigmatisation of the HIV test, relationship between infection and criminal activity or fear of consequences (such as travel/ visa restrictions) for an HIV-positive result (Watney, 1989; Danziger, 1994; Rogers, 1997; Valdiserri et al, 1999)....
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...…messages; it has been shown that physicians who receive culturally specific training are vastly more effective in minority communities (Wade and Bernstein, 1991), whereas culturally relevant videotape messages have more impact on AIDS information in minority communities than standard…...
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...In a recent publication (Aggarwala, 2006 b), we have argued that HIV prevalence in Canada should be towards the lower limit of the UNAIDS estimates, rather than the estimate of Health Canada, which is towards the middle limit (Boulos et al, 2006)....
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...The Public Health Agency of Canada has also used back-calculation methods, accounting for undiagnosed and multiply diagnosed individuals, to estimate the Canadian prevalence at 48 000–68 000 PLWHA at the end of 2005 (Boulos et al, 2006)....
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