Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua

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Discrimination faced 50.5% of the men reported no discrimination while 25.2% felt discriminated against because of their nationality. 12.6% felt discrimination because of their gender and some of these used to term to refer to their sexual orientation. The 8.4% who reported other, all felt discriminated against because they were MSM. 3.1% respectively felt they were discriminated against because of their ethnicity or profession. Table No. 50- Discrimination faced (Q46). MSM Study. 2012. Responses Number Percentage No not at all 48 50.5 Yes, because of my nationality 24 25.2 Yes, because of my ethnicity 3 3.1 Yes, because of my profession 3 3.1 Yes, because of my gender 12 12.6 Other 8 8.4 No answer 4 4.2 Total 102 Frequency of discrimination 4.2% reported feeling discriminated against daily, which was impacting their lives and behavior as they were constantly conscious of being observed. 5.2% said regularly and 25.2% said sometimes. 23.1 said they never felt discrimination but no further enquires were done to see if they were known to be MSM. 20% said they were unsure how often they were discriminated against, but did feel the effects at time. Table No. 51- How often do you feel discriminated against? (Q48). MSM Study. 2012. Responses Number Percentage Every day 4 4.2 Regularly 5 5.2 151
Sometimes 24 25.2 Rarely 16 16.8 Never 22 23.1 Unsure 19 20.0 No answer 7 7.3 Total 97 How was discrimination displayed? • “Finger pointing” • “Against nationality” • “Against sexual orientation” • “Name calling (most common)” • “Not receiving health service” • “Look of disapproval” • “Prejudice” • “Negative comments” • “Stone throwing” • “Family abandonment” • “People shouting “battyman” in the streets” • “People shouting other things in the streets” Who would you take your concerns to? • Best friend • Girlfriend • Church • Other gays • Cousin • Sister • Do not trust anyone • Doctor • 3H 152
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APRIL 2012 A Mapping Study on Acces
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FACTS ABOUT ANTIGUA • Capital - S
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5. Design of Survey Tools………
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3.2.4. HIV Information and Testing
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List of Acronyms AIDS ABHAN APPA AR
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Executive Summary Background Due to
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There is clearly a lot of stigma an
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Background to Study A quick search
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Table 1 - Population by Parishes Pa
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Relevance of Study Several reports
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‣ Desk Review - a compilation of
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This review attempts to examine som
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Kempadoo (2010) recalls that “Ant
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Table 6 - Remittances as Percentage
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members of the sex-worker populatio
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use of intravenous drugs. She state
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population about their role in the
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CHAA, based on an Inter-American Pa
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The Government of Antigua and Barbu
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Population Services International (
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MAPPING METHODOLOGY Population Due
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Design of Survey Tools The survey f
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STAKEHOLDERS REPORT For this projec
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AIDS Secretariat/NAP office Redclif
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Mount St. John’s Medical Centre M
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suspicion in the department of some
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services as this does act as a barr
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Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO
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and MSM’s are referred to Directo
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in navigating the health care syste
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Questionnaires are issued and there
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There are costs attached to the pro
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to her by the social worker at the
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funding, but they are still very fu
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Encouragement should be made to civ
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Where are the places that you provi
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Do you collaborate with any other a
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MSM Survey and Focus Group Report M
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Free Condoms Figure 13- Free condom
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Table 9- Reasons for not having an
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care. Some had no answer as they ha
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coming out or dealing with the stig
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Misconceptions At least 90% of the
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Create a job bank - having a job co
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57.8% of the young ladies work on t
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them to read. “Only CHAA really w
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It is quite evident that fear has c
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care and an inviting friendly atmos
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They need to be able to access a gy
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Type of facility frequented for tre
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Page 103 and 104: General Discussion and Conclusion T
Page 105 and 106: Many of the ladies expressed a desi
Page 107 and 108: Policy Aspects The National
Page 109 and 110: target population. Purpose: this wo
Page 111 and 112: information on existing testing sit
Page 113 and 114: ANNEX _____________________________
Page 115 and 116: Support Clothes Populations Served
Page 117 and 118: Demographic 8 participants Sex: Mal
Page 119 and 120: 3. Where are the places/spots that
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Page 123 and 124: ‣ Men’s health care clinic - wh
Page 125 and 126: ‣ Confidential organizations wher
Page 127 and 128: French 3 3.1 Other 0 0.0 Total 105
Page 129 and 130: their country as a group. 5.2% of t
Page 131 and 132: Partner History Partners in Antigua
Page 133 and 134: Sex for pay (how many of the sexual
Page 135 and 136: Table No. 25- Partner has spouse or
Page 137 and 138: Condom Supply The majority of the p
Page 139 and 140: How to use condoms/Instructional co
Page 141 and 142: percentage when one considers that
Page 143 and 144: Ability to pay for HIV testing Tabl
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Page 147 and 148: Never 15 15.7 Don’t recall 24 25.
Page 149 and 150: Other foreigners are there 12 12.6
Page 151: Facility not clean and tidy 4 4.2 O
Page 155 and 156: Responses Number Percentage Public
Page 157 and 158: No response 1 1.0 Total 95 99.8 Tab
Page 159 and 160: Focus Group Responses 1- What are s
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Page 171 and 172: Table No. 61- Length of time in Ant
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Page 175 and 176: Number of Respondents Number of Res
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Page 179 and 180: Condom Supply When asked where they
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Page 185 and 186: discrimination. Some 59.6% of the r
Page 187 and 188: Reasons for not having had a recent
Page 189 and 190: Availability of HIV testing or educ
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Page 195 and 196: DISCRIMINATION Discrimination faced
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Disagree 91 79.8 Don’t know 20 17
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7. What social connections do you h
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c. Between 1and 3 months ago g. Nev
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. Stigma and discrimination e. Faci
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CSW INTERVIEW SHEET Date of Intervi
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18. In the past 12 months, have you
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36. Would you go back yourself or r
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52. If you could implement a progra
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The CARICOM single Market and Econo
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CHAA (2012) International Day: Stop
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Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth (1986),”Tr
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