Real men do. . . real men don't: Young Latino and African American men's discourses regarding sexual health care utilization

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-230

  Kalmuss, Debra ^a   Austrian, Karen ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

health care seeking; masculinity; sexual health; young men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955743238     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988309331797     Document Type: Article

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