AIDS Service Organization Access Among African, Caribbean and Other Black Residents of an Average Canadian City

Soraya Blot, Greta Bauer, Meredith Fraser, Mercy Nleya, Mbaka Wadham

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)851-860
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • African
  • Black people
  • Caribbean
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Health disparities
  • Health services research
  • Immigrant health
  • Minority health

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