The semantics of sexual behavior and their implications for HIV/AIDS research and sexual health: US and UK gay men's definitions of having had sex

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1245-1251

  Hill, B J ^a   Rahman, Q ^b   Bright, D A ^c   Sanders, S A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gay sex; meanings of sex; sex definitions; sexual beliefs; sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956921809     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003668128     Document Type: Article

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