Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: Findings from ethnographic in-depth interviews

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-812

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^b   Aronson, Robert E ^c   Bloom, Fred R ^d   Felizzola, Jesus ^e   Wolfson, Mark ^a   Vissman, Aaron T ^a   Alonzo, Jorge ^f   Allen, Alex Boeving ^a   Montaño, Jaime ^g   Mcguire, Jamie ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center   (United States)

^f Family Life Council   (United States)

^g Chatham Social Health Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV prevention; Latino; Sexual behaviour; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955766965     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.492432     Document Type: Article

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