HIV/AIDS Sociology
HIV-positive Latin Americans in Japan lack community support
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 16th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Ethnicities, "In this article, we present an aspect of our ethnographic investigation with HIV-positive Latin Americans living in Japan.
"In order to investigate the relationship between HIV/AIDS and community support among HIV carriers, we interviewed 20 male HIV-positive Latin Americans living in Japan."
"From April to September 2002 and in August 2003 and 2004, we conducted a set of 6 60-minute interviews with 20 28-37-year-old HIV-positive males. Three of them were illegal aliens and seven of them claimed...
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