TOPIC: Care & Services
OTHER KEYWORDS: Asians & Pacific Islanders, New York City, People Living with HIV/AIDS
TITLE: Disclosing status and accessing social and institutional support: HIV+ Asians and Pacific Islanders in New York City
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Yoshioka MR, Chin J, Manzon-Santos J. Disclosing status and accessing social and institutional support: HIV+ Asians and Pacific Islanders in New York City. Poster presentation at XI International Conference on AIDS.1996.
SUMMARY
Poster presentation at the International Conference on AIDS (1996). Introduction: Asians and Pacific Islanders (A&PIs) living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. face both self-imposed and externally-imposed barriers when attempting to access social and institutional support. These barriers are related to their cultural training and their status as racial/cultural minorities in the U.S. Currently, there is little information available concerning how the cultural context of A&PIs affects their access to social and institutional support. Yet such information has clear treatment and service implications. The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of social and institutional support accessed by HIV+ A&PIs, and the barriers to and facilitators of access to such support.