PT Journal
AU Blot, S
   Bauer, G
   Fraser, M
   Nleya, M
   Wadham, M
TI AIDS Service Organization Access Among African, Caribbean and Other Black Residents of an Average Canadian City
SO Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JI J Immigr Minor Health
PY 2017
BP 851
EP 860
VL 19
IS 4
DI 10.1007/s10903-016-0359-5
LA English
DE African; Black people; Caribbean; Hiv/Aids; Health disparities; Health services research; Immigrant health; Minority health
AB Due to heightened vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities are priority groups for prevention and intervention services in Canada. However, it is not clear which factors may affect ACB communities' access to these services. We evaluated access to the local AIDS service organization (ASO) in Middlesex-London by using data from the Black, African and Caribbean Canadian Health Study. Modified Poisson regression was used to obtain prevalence risk ratios for factors associated with three measures of access: familiarity with the ASO, willingness to access, and realized access. In adjusted analyses, older ACB community members were more likely to be familiar with the ASO, willing to access it, and have actually gone there. Canadian-born participants were less likely to have been to the ASO than recent immigrants. These results have implications for reaching specific segments of ACB communities for HIV/AIDS-related services in Canada.
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