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HIV and migration: two major uncertainties for people from CALD backgrounds (pdf 394kb)

This paper reports on the first study of its kind in Australia: a research project on the lived experience of HIV-positive people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Sydney. Its aim was to investigate the intersections of living with HIV and belonging to culturally diverse groups outside the Anglo-Celtic mainstream. The focus was on common issues across cultures and ethnicities.

The study found that new migrants with HIV need to negotiate simultaneously two major life disruptions and two major uncertainties: migration and HIV infection. In the Anglo-Celtic mainstream, language, cultural and financial barriers to health and support services should be removed or minimised. In ethnic communities, HIV-related stigma needs to be addressed to enable new migrants to rebuild social relations with these communities and to rebuild their lives.

 

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