Is optimism enough? Gay men's beliefs about HIV and their perspectives on risk and pleasure

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Prestage, Garrett ^a,b   Down, Ian Alan ^a,b   Bradley, Jack ^a   McCann, Pol Dominic ^a   Brown, Graham ^b,c   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Hurley, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OPTIMISM; PLEASURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857643060     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823e67a9     Document Type: Article

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