Publication type:
Training / Education Manual
Agency:
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Summary:
Sheet 8 in a series of 9 info sheets on issues facing Aboriginal people with HIV/AIDS. Sheet 8 presents HIV testing, the issues, the importance and research data ownership by Aboriginal people. Culturally appropriate pre and post-test counselling and testing confidentiality in smaller communities are not being provided at present.
Keywords:
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Aboriginal health; HIV testing; harm reduction; discrimination; confidentiality; epidemiology; suicide; racism; colonialism; holistic; socioeconomic; STD; incarceration