"They look at you like you're contaminated": how HIV-related stigma shapes access to care for incarcerated women living with HIV in a Canadian setting.
Margaret EricksonKate ShannonFlo RanvilleSherri PooyakTerry HowardBronwyn McBrideNeora PickRuth Elwood MartinAndrea KrüsiPublished in: Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique (2021)
Amid ongoing efforts to improve healthcare delivery within Canadian correctional facilities, these findings have important implications for the provision of HIV care for incarcerated WLWH. Culturally safe, trauma-informed programming focused on reducing HIV-related stigma, improved communication regarding medical privacy, and interventions to change processes that compromise privacy is critical to improve healthcare access in correctional facilities.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- health information
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- mental health
- hepatitis c virus
- palliative care
- big data
- men who have sex with men
- heavy metals
- social support
- quality improvement
- physical activity
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- south africa
- drinking water
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- pregnant women
- adipose tissue
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- insulin resistance
- depressive symptoms
- social media