The relationship of stigma to the sexual risk behavior of rural men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-230

  Preston, Deborah Bray ^a   D'Augelli, Anthony R ^a   Kassab, Cathy D ^a   Starks, Michael T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34250320170     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.3.218     Document Type: Article

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