Intentional seroconversion in the gay community: The social work role in assessment and intervention

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-518

  Beckerman, Nancy L ^a   Heft Laporte, Heidi ^a   Cicchetti, Andrew ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practitioner in New York   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV education prevention; HIV AIDS; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449426184     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802173640     Document Type: Article

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