| Literature DB >> 17938469 |
Miriam Potocky-Tripodi1, Karen Dodge, Michael Greene.
Abstract
This article discusses special challenges faced by HIV-positive Haitian immigrants, one of the groups targeted by the Care System Assessment Demonstration Project in Palm Beach County, Florida. The article examines the following issues: structural health care access barriers; language and literacy; health beliefs and practices and their intersection with Western medicine; health care-seeking attitudes, emotions, and behaviors; bridging cultural chasms; and lessons learned.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17938469 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0087
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved ISSN: 1049-2089