Stigma, health care access, and HIV knowledge among men who have sex with men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1088-1097

  Fay, Heather ^a   Baral, Stefan D ^a   Trapence, Gift ^b   Motimedi, Felistus ^c   Umar, Eric ^d   Iipinge, Scholastika ^e   Dausab, Friedel ^f   Wirtz, Andrea ^a   Beyrer, Chris ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for the Development of People   (Malawi)

^c Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^f Rainbow Project   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Botswana; Discrimination; HIV AIDS; Malawi; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Namibia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MALE; NAMIBIA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 80052701969     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9861-2     Document Type: Article

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