Facilitating access to sexual health services for men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgender persons in Guatemala City

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-327

  Boyce, Sabrina ^a   Barrington, Clare ^b   Bolaños, Herbert ^c   Galindo Arandi, Cesar ^d   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a,d,e  

^a Tephinet Inc   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d Valle University of Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; HIV testing; men who have sex with men; sexual health services; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TRANSVESTISM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSVESTISM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860790406     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.639393     Document Type: Article

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