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Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS: Legal Issues- Info Sheet 1 ISSUES

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
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Agency: 
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Series: 
Sheet 1
Date: 
1999-03
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
Sheet 1 in a series of 9 info sheets on issues facing Aboriginal people with HIV/AIDS. Sheet 1 presents an overview of the legal issues faced by Aboriginal people in the inner-city and rural areas of Canada. This sheet quotes reports from Aboriginal workers and organizations as well as the prevalence and risk factors.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Aboriginal health; HIV testing; harm reduction; needle exchange; discrimination; confidentiality; epidemiology; suicide; racism; colonialism; holistic; socioeconomic; STD; incarceration