'You are not yourself': Exploring masculinities among heterosexual African men living with HIV in London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1901-1907

  Doyal, Lesley ^a   Anderson, Jane ^b   Paparini, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African men; Diaspora; Heterosexual; HIV; Masculinities; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLACK POPULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIASPORA; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASCULINITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65349136345     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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