Socioeconomic geographical links to human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among childbearing women in Montreal, 1989-1993

Hankins, Catherine; Tran, Thang; Hum, Lisa; Laberge, Claude; Lapointe, Normand; Lepine, D.; Montpetit, Michael L.; O’Shaughnessy, Michael V.

doi:10.1093/ije/27.4.691

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“…Findings consistently demonstrate that homeless individuals, including those in living homeless shelters, have higher rates of HIV infection compared to general populations (Smereck & Hockman, 1998; Corneil et al, 2006; Culhane, Gollub, & Kuhn, 2001; Robertson et al, 2004), and that HIV and AIDS incidence is inversely associated with economic wellbeing, even across gender and racial/ethnic groups (Zierler et al, 2000; Hankins et al, 1998). When considering homelessness, unstable housing, and residential transience - defined here as moving two or more times in the past 6 months (German, Davey, & Latkin, 2007; Davey-Rothwell, German, & Latkin, 2008) – significant associations have been found between housing and HIV risk behaviors.…”

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Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans

Grieb

Davey‐Rothwell²,

Latkin³

2013

AIDS Education and Prevention

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The association between housing and HIV has been widely demonstrated, although inquiry into HIV testing has been largely limited to the homeless. This study examines correlates of HIV testing within the past 6 months with housing stability and residential transience (moving 2 or more times in the past 6 months) among 620 low-income urban African Americans. Unstably housed and transient participants were more likely to participate in high-risk sex behaviors than stably housed participants and non-transient participants, respectively. In multivariate analyses, residential transience was positively associated with recent HIV testing; however, persons unstably housed were not more likely to have recently been tested for HIV despite their increased vulnerability and risk. While structural interventions are necessary to address the HIV disparities related to housing, increased community-based and mobile testing centers may be able to improve access to HIV testing among unstably housed.

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confidence: 92%

Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans

Grieb

Davey‐Rothwell²,

Latkin³

2013

AIDS Education and Prevention

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“…2001; Tyas et al . 2001) including geographic issues related to HIV/AIDS in women (Hankins et al . 1998; Wood et al .…”

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“…2001; Williams 2002). Many recent studies on women and health in geographic circles have taken up the call for population health analyses with a focus on women's health status and its relationship to socioeconomic status (SES) and equality/inequality (Hankins et al . 1998; Denton and Walters 1999; Veenstra 2000; Rosenberg and Wilson 2000; Rhodes et al .…”

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Taking stock: geographical perspectives on women and health in Canada

Williams¹,

Garvin²

2004

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…Immigrants must meet certain health and other criteria to be accepted into Canada and have enough economic resources to immigrate, likely resulting in a "healthy immigrant" effect. During our preparatory work, studies that addressed the health of migrants in Canada were identified [[10,14-19] Montpetit,[20-25]]. Of these, those that examined refugee health focused on general health [22-24] and mental health [15-18].…”

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“…No study was identified which specifically addressed reproductive refugee health in Canada. Those studies focusing on reproductive health reported on migrants as a whole; results related to women refugees to Canada were not reported separately [14,19-21,25]. …”

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The childbearing health and related service needs of newcomers (CHARSNN) study protocol

Gagnon

Wahoush

Dougherty

et al. 2006

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background: Refugee and asylum-seeking women in Canada may have significant harmful childbearing health outcomes and unmet health and social care needs. The most vulnerable of these women are: those who have left their countries by force (e.g., war, rape or abuse histories), are separated from their families, have limited knowledge of the host country languages, and are visible minorities. Asylum-seekers face additional stresses related to their unknown future status and are marginalized with regards to access to provincial health care systems. The prevalence and severity of health issues in this population is not known nor is the extent of response from social service and health care systems (including variation in provincial service delivery). Understanding the magnitude of health and social concerns of newcomers requires data from a representative sample of childbearing refugee and asylum-seeking women resettling in Canada to permit comparisons to be made with non-refugee immigrant and Canadian-born women. Our research questions are: (1) Do refugee or asylum-seeking women and their infants, experience a greater number or a different distribution of harmful health events during pregnancy, at birth, and during the postpartum period than non-refugee immigrant or Canadian-born women? (2) Are the harmful health events experienced postpartum by asylum-seeking women and their infants, addressed less often (compared to refugees, non-refugee immigrants, and Canadian-born women) by the Canadian health care system as delivered in each of the three major receiving cities for newcomers?

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Socioeconomic geographical links to human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among childbearing women in Montreal, 1989-1993

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans

Housing Stability, Residential Transience, and HIV Testing Among Low-Income Urban African Americans

Taking stock: geographical perspectives on women and health in Canada

The childbearing health and related service needs of newcomers (CHARSNN) study protocol

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