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Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS: Legal Issues- Info Sheet 8 HIV TESTING

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
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Agency: 
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Series: 
Sheet 8
Date: 
1999-03
Pages: 
2
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