HIV Testing and Mistaken Beliefs about Immigration Laws
HIV Testing and Mistaken Beliefs about Immigration Laws
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DOI：
10.1007/s40615-019-00565-0
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Montenegro, Judith, I
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作者：
Galletly, Carol L.;Lechuga, Julia;Montenegro, Judith, I
有证据表明，移民可能没有充分利用美国的医疗保健，因为对使用医疗保健的移民相关后果存在误解。这项研究旨在探索对于寻求医疗保健、接受艾滋病毒检测和被诊断为感染艾滋病毒的移民后果的常见误解是否与参与者自我报告从未接受过艾滋病毒检测有关。研究样本包括297名成年、性行为活跃、有证件和无证件的讲西班牙语的拉丁裔移民。参与者通过ACASI完成了一项横断面调查。在控制社会人口变量和艾滋病毒污名的多元Logistic回归分析中，对法律的误解成为从未接受艾滋病毒检测的强烈预测因素(p
Evidence suggests that migrants may underutilize USA health care because of misconceptions about immigration-related consequences of health care use. This study aimed to explore whether common misconceptions about the immigration consequences of seeking health care, receiving an HIV test, and being diagnosed with HIV were associated with participant self-report of never having received an HIV test. The study sample comprised 297 adult, sexually active, documented and undocumented Spanish-speaking Latino migrants. Participants completed a cross-sectional survey via ACASI. In multiple logistic regression analyses controlling for sociodemographic variables and HIV stigma, misconceptions about laws emerged as a strong predictor of never having received an HIV test (p