The influence of stigma on the sexual risk behavior of rural men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-303

  Preston, Deborah Bray ^a   D'Augelli, Anthony R ^a   Kassab, Cathy D ^a   Cain, Richard E ^b   Schulze, Frederick W ^c   Starks, Michael T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

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

EID: 4143127687     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.4.291.40401     Document Type: Article

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