tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Disparity in health care: HIV, stigma, and marginalization in Nepal"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Disparity in health care: HIV, stigma, and marginalization in Nepal | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research Disparity in health care HIV stigma and marginalization in Nepal Chandra K Jha 1 2 and Jeanne Madison3 Open Access Address 1School of Behavioural Cognitive and Social Science University of New England Armidale New South Wales Australia 24 2 Prospect St Glenroy VIC 3046 Australia and 3School of Health University of New England Armidale New South Wales Australia Email Chandra K Jha - chandrajha@ Jeanne Madison - jmadison@ Corresponding author Published 26 August 2009 Received 3 December 2008 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 16 doi 1758-2652-12-16 Accepted 26 August 2009 This article is available from http content 12 1 16 2009 Jha and Madison licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The provision of effective health care to people with HIV and those from usually marginalised backgrounds such as drug users and sex workers is a growing concern in Nepal because these populations often do not seek health care as willingly as the general population. Exploration of the factors which hinder them seeking health care is crucial. The lived experiences of the usually marginalized participants in this research will reflect on the constraining factors and contribute to the development of appropriate strategies which will facilitate people with HIV and other marginal populations to seek more readily appropriate health services. Methods This study explored the healthcare-seeking experiences of 20 HIV-positive participants in Nepal as well as 10 drug-using participants who had never had an HIV test and .