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Preventing HIV, Eliminating Disparities Among Hispanics in the United States

Author: Sana Loue

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 4/2006

Abstract

HIV/AIDS has disproportionately impacted Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. This literature review focuses on the disparities that exist in the impact of HIV/AIDS across Hispanic subgroups. Elimination of these disparities requires attention to underlying biological, behavioral and psychological, social and cultural, and economic and structural factors. Attention to factors within these domains has important implications for the reduction of other health-related disparities that exist across Hispanic/Latino subgroups in the United States.

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Title: Preventing HIV, Eliminating Disparities Among Hispanics in the United States
Author: Sana Loue
Publication date: 01-10-2006
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-006-9001-2

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