Attitudes and beliefs about hepatitis B vaccination among gay Men: The Birmingham measurement study

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-149

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Factor analysis; Gay men; Health belief model; Social cognitive theory; Structural equation modeling; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 55449126056     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360802129386     Document Type: Article

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