Looking beyond HIV: Eliciting individual and community needs of male internet escorts

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 219-240

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b,c   Koken, Juline A ^a,d   Bimbi, David S ^a,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Education; Gay men; Male escorts; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35548967132     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v53n01_10     Document Type: Article

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