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HIV and migration: Two major uncertainties for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
HIV and migration: Two major uncertainties for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
dc.contributor.author | Körner, Henrike | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T12:31:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T12:31:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To describe the interrelationship between living with HIV, migrating to and resettling in a new country, and the Australian migration system. Method: Key issues from the international literature on HIV-positive ethnic minorities in resource-rich countries are summarised. Findings are presented from semi-structured, in-depth interviews with clients of the Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service, and a sexual health clinic, both in Sydney. Results: Three major themes interwoven with migration were identified: HIV diagnosis, access to care and support, and forming social relations. Participants who applied for permanent residency in Australia, rather than off-shore, were usually diagnosed by means of the HIV-test that is part of the health requirement for permanent residents. This jeopardised their prospect of staying in Australia and was at the same time a barrier to returning to their country of birth. It was also a major barrier to accessing health care and support services and a major source of uncertainty. Because of the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, many had little or no contact with their ethnic communities. At the same time, they found it difficult to form new social relations in the English-speaking mainstream culture. A further problem was feeling torn between Australia and the promise of a better future, and the close emotional relationships with family and friends in the country of birth. Conclusion: New migrants with HIV need to negotiate simultaneously two major life disruptions and two major uncertainties: migration and HIV infection. In the Anglo-Celtic mainstream, language, cultural and financial barriers to health and support services should be removed or minimised. In ethnic communities, HIV-related stigma needs to be addressed to enable new migrants to rebuild social relations with these communities and to rebuild their lives. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1447-5774 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/11131 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.publisher | National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.title | HIV and migration: Two major uncertainties for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
unsw.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/105 | |
unsw.publisher.place | Sydney | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Arts Design & Architecture | |
unsw.relation.ispartofworkingpapernumber | Issues paper number 4 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Körner, Henrike, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | Centre for Social Research in Health | * |
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