Challenges for the sexual health and social acceptance of men who have sex with men in Nigeria

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-168

  Allman, Dan ^a   Adebajo, Sylvia ^a   Myers, Ted ^a   Odumuye, Oludare ^b   Ogunsola, Sade ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Alliance Rights Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Focus groups; MSM; Nigeria; Qualitative; Sexual health; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NIGERIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33847681765     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050601040480     Document Type: Article

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