Thai language skill and HIV counseling among hilltribe people: a hospital-based study in Chiang Rai.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-42025
ABSTRACT
Twenty-nine hilltribe individuals from 6 different ethnic groups were among a group of 70 patients included in an investigation of interactions between HIV-1 virus infection and common tropical illnesses. Approximately half of the hilltribe subjects (14/29) required the aid of an interpreter for HIV counseling because they could neither speak nor understand the Thai language. The 5 HIV seropositive hilltribe individuals were younger than their seronegative counterparts (26 vs 37 years respectively; p < 0.05) and had less need of an interpreter (0% vs 58% respectively; p < 0.05). Inability to speak and understand Thai limits the access of some ethnic minority subjects to HIV counseling, testing and education.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Tailândia
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Etnicidade
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Infecções por HIV
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Barreiras de Comunicação
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Adulto
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Estudo de rastreamento
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
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