Stigma, lack of knowledge and prevalence maintain HIV risk among Black Africans in New Zealand.
Conclusions: A culturally informed strategy for risk and stigma reduction is urgently needed. Implications: The existing prevention and care infrastructure, informed by MSM experiences, must address increased risk to Black African new settlers, but this is not a reason to discriminate or further stigmatise an already vulnerable population.
PMID: 25559049 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Henrickson M, Dickson N, Mhlanga F, Ludlam A Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research