Document 0890
 DOCN  M9650890
 TI    Health-illness beliefs and practices of Haitians with HIV disease living
       in Boston.
 DT    9605
 AU    Martin MA; Rissmiller P; Beal JA; Diabetes Program, Boston City
       Hospital, MA, USA.
 SO    J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1995 Nov-Dec;6(6):45-53. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96164091
 AB    The authors of this qualitative study explored the health-illness
       beliefs and practices of Haitians with HIV disease. The authors obtained
       a purposive sample of five Haitian men and four Haitian women with
       symptomatic HIV disease or AIDS living in Boston. Five themes were
       identified through content analysis of interviews and medical record
       review: (a) incorporation of traditional health-illness beliefs into
       beliefs about HIV disease; (b) A perceived need to hide HIV disease to
       avoid rejection, humiliation, and isolation; (c) use of spirituality to
       help cope with HIV disease; (d) history of limited contact with doctors
       prior to diagnosis of HIV disease; and (e) use of traditional healing
       practices for HIV disease. The findings have implications for improving
       cross-cultural communication between Haitians with HIV disease and their
       healthcare providers.
 DE    Adult  Boston/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Culture  Female  Haiti/ETHNOLOGY  Human
       HIV Infections/*ETHNOLOGY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Medicine, Traditional  Middle Age  Patient
       Acceptance of Health Care  Religion and Medicine  Shame  Superstitions
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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