American Indian gay, bisexual and two-spirit men: A rapid assessment of HIV/AIDS risk factors, barriers to prevention and culturally-sensitive intervention

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-298

  Burks, Derek J ^a   Robbins, Rockey ^b   Durtschi, Jayson P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Gay; HIV AIDS; Rapid assessment; Two spirit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79251625796     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.525666     Document Type: Article

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