Social context, sexual risk perceptions and stigma: HIV vulnerability among male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 811-826

  Okal, Jerry ^a   Luchters, Stanley ^a,b   Geibel, Scott ^a   Chersich, Matthew F ^a,c   Lango, Daniel ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^b  

^a Ghent University ^*

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Male sex work; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949118830     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050902906488     Document Type: Article

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