Health care seeking for HIV/AIDS among South Asians in the US

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Health care seeking for HIV/AIDS among South Asians in the United

States.

Gauri Bhattacharya, University of Illinois, Health & Social Work journal, May

2004.

Abstract: Health-related behaviour is a function of the

sociocultural and environmental contexts in which it occurs. With

South Asian immigrants, a comprehensive approach that focuses on

community and individual factors may be more effective than an

individualistic one. This article explores the factors that may

influence HIV/AIDS-related health care seeking by South Asian

immigrants to the United States. It focuses on South Asians from

Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. The need to involve the community

in any intervention process is discussed. An understanding of the

determinants of HIV-related health care seeking and behavioural

change factors can help social work practitioners develop effective

interventions for and with South Asian immigrants.

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