According to the United States 2010 Census, the Latino population is the largest minority group in the United States. The Northeast Valley, a Federally qualified health center located in California, provides ambulatory bio-medical and bio-psychosocial services to the growing Latino population. Northeast began to provide specific HIV- related services since 1991. Throughout the years, the team has recognized the difficulties in engaging and retaining older gay Latino men into the developed health system infrastructure. To determine barriers to care, the HIV clinic developed a qualitative study to explore the issues of disclosure and stigma faced by identified gay Latino men living with HIV/AIDS who are 50 years or older. Preliminary findings suggest that respondents experience fear of disclosure to family and friends due to the continued HIV/AIDS- related stigma in the Latino community.
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