Not the swab!' Young men's experiences with STI testing

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-73

  Shoveller, Jean A ^a   Knight, Rod ^a   Johnson, Joy ^a   Oliffe, John L ^a   Goldenberg, Shira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Masculinities; Men's health; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted infection (STI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955862154     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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