Cultural beliefs, partner characteristics, communication, and sexual risk among latino msm

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 613-620

  Lo, Serena C ^a   Reisen, Carol A ^a   Poppen, Paul J ^a   Bianchi, Fernanda T ^a   Zea, Maria Cecilia ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Condom use; Cultural beliefs; HIV; Latino MSM; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960013262     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9760-6     Document Type: Article

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