Wardah Rajab-Gyagenda

HIV/AIDS and immigrants

Knowledge and perceptions of Eastern African refugees in metropolitan Atlanta

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

African Immigrants and Refugees in the United States go through a process of retention and integration. They retain some cultural and traditional characteristics of their homelands while adopting characteristics from the United States of America. Their duration of stay in the USA influences this process. Over time, African immigrants may regard themselves as, for example, Somali-Americans, Ugandan-Americans, or Sudanese-Americans because their identities and behaviors melded cultural features of both lands. Unlike most communities affected by HIV/AIDS in the USA, entrenched stigma towards HIV/AIDS and PLWHA exists within the African Immigrant and Refugee communities; neither knowledge of the disease nor duration of stay in USA seem to substantially reduce stigma against HIV/AIDS and PLWHA. There is an urgent need for community activists, policy makers, and providers to undertake a focused campaign to address stigma in these communities. Stigma will not go away overnight. It will require a systematic multifaceted strategy on the part of all stakeholders to fight it. Furthermore, African Immigrants and Refugees should also become competent in navigating the American healthcare system

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9783843359146
• ISBN-10: 3843359148
• Artikelnr.: 37466026

Autorenporträt

Dr. Wardah Rajab-Gyagenda is the Director for Research, Publications, & Innovation at the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU). She has collaborated with several organizations to address African Immigrant Health in USA. She holds a B.A. (Hons.) from Makerere University, MS from Clemson University and Ph.D. from Clark Atlanta University, USA.