The " knucklehead" approach and what matters in terms of health for formerly incarcerated Latino men

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1765-1773

  Muñoz Laboy, Miguel ^a   Perry, Ashley ^a   Bobet, Ilka ^a   Bobet, Santos ^a   Ramos, Hector ^a   Quiñones, Francisco ^a   Lloyd, Kaity ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Formerly incarcerated; Latino; Masculinity; Men's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LATINO PEOPLE; MASCULINIZATION; MENS HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FORMERLY INCARCERATED MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONERS; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860239362     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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