The RACGP John Murtagh Library
Chronic diseases/Physical diseases/Infectious diseases/Nutritional issues/Substance abuse
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Burns F, Fenton KA. Access to HIV care among migrant Africans in Britain. What are the issues? Psychol Health Med. 2006 Feb;11(1):117-25. Review. PubMed PMID: 17129901.
Pivnick A, Jacobson A, Blank AE, Villegas M. Accessing primary care: HIV+ Caribbean immigrants in the Bronx. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Aug;12(4):496-505. PubMed PMID: 19784773.
Ndirangu EW, Evans C. Experiences of African immigrant women living with HIV in the U.K.: implications for health professionals. J Immigr Minor Health. 2009 Apr;11(2):108-14. Epub 2008 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 18205047.
Tompkins M, Smith L, Jones K, Swindells S. HIV education needs among Sudanese immigrants and refugees in the Midwestern United States. AIDS Behav. 2006 May;10(3):319-23. PubMed PMID: 16479412.
Manirankunda L, Loos J, Alou TA, Colebunders R, Nöstlinger C. "It's better not to know": perceived barriers to HIV voluntary counseling and testing among sub-Saharan African migrants in Belgium. AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Dec;21(6):582-93. PubMed PMID: 20030501.
Lamb CE, Whelan AK, Michaels C. Refugees and oral health: lessons learned from stories of Hazara refugees. Aust Health Rev. 2009 Nov;33(4):618-27. PubMed PMID: 20166911.
Burns FM, Imrie JY, Nazroo J, Johnson AM, Fenton KA. Why the(y) wait? Key informant understandings of factors contributing to late presentation and poor utilization of HIV health and social care services by African migrants in Britain. AIDS Care. 2007 Jan;19(1):102-8. PubMed PMID: 17129864.
Freely available articles
Martin JA, Mak DB. Changing faces: A review of infectious disease screening of refugees by the Migrant Health Unit, Western Australia in 2003 and 2004. Med J Aust. 2006 Dec 4-18;185(11-12):607-10. PubMed PMID: 17181502.
Bischoff A, Schneider M, Denhaerynck K, Battegay E. Health and ill health of asylum seekers in Switzerland: an epidemiological study. Eur J Public Health. 2009 Jan;19(1):59-64. PubMed PMID: 19158102.
Benson J, Maldari T, Turnbull T. Vitamin B12 deficiency - why refugee patients are at high risk. Aust Fam Physician. 2010 Apr;39(4):215-7. PubMed PMID: 20372680.
Key articles held as print copies or can be obtained from other libraries
Palermo C, Robinson C, Robertson K, Hii S. Approaches for prioritising the nutritional needs of refugee communities. Aust J Prim Health. 2012;18(1):11-6. PubMed PMID: 22394657.
Fakoya I, Reynolds R, Caswell G, Shiripinda I. Barriers to HIV testing for migrant black Africans in Western Europe. HIV Med. 2008 Jul;9 Suppl 2:23-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 18557866.
Thomas F, Aggleton P, Anderson J. 'Experts', 'partners' and 'fools': exploring agency in HIV treatment seeking among African migrants in London. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Mar;70(5):736-43. PubMed PMID: 19963309.
Remien RH, Chowdhury J, Mokhbat JE, Soliman C, Adawy ME, El-Sadr W. Gender and care: access to HIV testing, care, and treatment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Jul 1;51 Suppl 3:S106-10. PubMed PMID: 19553777; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2793673.
Museru OI, Vargas M, Kinyua M, Alexander KT, Franco-Paredes C, Oladele A. Hepatitis B virus infection among refugees resettled in the U.S.: high prevalence and challenges in access to health care. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Dec;12(6):823-7. PubMed PMID: 20204515.
Drummond PD, Mizan A, Wright B. HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among West African immigrant women in Western Australia. Sex Health. 2008 Sep;5(3):251-9. PubMed PMID: 18771640.
The Needs of Others: The Norms of Self-management Skills Training and the Differing Priorities of Asylum Seekers with HIV. Kennedy, Anne P., Rogers, Anne E. Health sociology review : the journal of the Health Section of the Australian Sociological Association. 2009; 18(2):145-58.