ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2014
Barriers to HIV Testing in Black Immigrants to the U.S.
Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06022809 (Comparative Effectiveness of Individual Versus Group-level Interventions to Reduce HIV Risk Among African Immigrant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Individual Versus Group-level Interventions to Reduce HIV Risk Among African Immigrant Women
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Health Service Utilization of Black Immigrant Women Residing in the United States: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing Structural Racism and Discrimination Along the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Continuum: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Improving cohort coverage estimation using a data triangulation framework: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study example.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Article
- Estimating HIV Risk Among Individuals Released from Incarceration in Washington State: A Data-Driven Approach to Targeted Prevention.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to STI and HIV testing among African and Caribbean heritage communities in high-income countries mapped to the behaviour change wheel: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A Community-Based, Multidisciplinary Training Program to Improve HIV Services for US-Based African Immigrants: Lessons Learned over 5 Years of Implementation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Toronto: What are the determinants?Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Interventions for HIV prevention and treatment among people of Haitian descent: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- HIV Care Outcomes Among Non-US-Born Persons with Diagnosed HIV Infection, 2019.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- "Was Test Designed for Africans?" Health Literacy and African Immigrants.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Assessing HIV Care Outcomes Among African-Born People Living with HIV in Seattle: An Analysis of the University of Washington Electronic Medical Record.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- HIV Testing Correlates: U.S. and Foreign Born High-Risk Black Heterosexual Men.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Association Between HIV Testing and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among US and Non-US Born Black Individuals Living in the US: Results From the National Survey on HIV in the Black Community (NSHBC).Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Pre- and Post-immigration HIV Testing Behaviors among Young Adult Recent Latino Immigrants in Miami-Dade County, Florida.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Intercultural Communication between Long-Stay Immigrants and Catalan Primary Care Nurses: A Qualitative Approach to Rebalancing Power.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Role of Neighborhood Poverty in the Association between Foreign-Born status and HIV Care Continuum Outcomes in Alameda County, California.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Barriers in accessing HIV care for Francophone African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV in Canada: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2020Article
- HIV testing in a large community health center serving a multi-cultural patient population: A qualitative study of providers.AIDS care · 2019Article
- "Not in My House": Perspectives on HIV/AIDS of Afro-Caribbean Adolescents Living in South Florida.Journal of religion and health · 2019Article
- Undocumented African Immigrants' Experiences of HIV Testing and Linkage to Care.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundLate HIV testing is common among immigrants from sub Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Since 2010, HIV testing is no longer a required component of immigrant screening examinations or mandatory for immigrants seeking long term residence in the US. Thus, barriers to HIV testing must be addressed.
methodsFive hundred and fifty-five (555) immigrants completed a barriers-to-HIV testing scale. Univariate and multivariate linear regression were performed to examine predictors of barriers.
resultsIn multivariate analysis, primary language other than English (β=2.9, p=.04), lower education (β=5.8, p=.03), low income [= below $20K/year] (β=4.6, p=.01), no regular provider (β=5.2, p=.002) and recent immigration (β=5.7, p=.0008) were independently associated with greater barriers. Barriers due to health care access, privacy, fatalism, and anticipated stigma were greater for recent versus longer term immigrants. DISCUSSION: Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean face significant barriers to HIV testing. Interventions to improve access and timely entry into care are needed.
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