Psychosocial issues among gay- and non-gay-identifying HIV-seropositive African American and Latino MSM

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-286

  Williams, John K ^a   Wyatt, Gail E ^a   Resell, Judith ^a   Peterson, John ^b   Asuan O'Brien, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American MSM; Child sexual abuse; HIV risks; Latino MSM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPECTATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; REINFECTION; RISK; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3943074459     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.3.268     Document Type: Article

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