Shared communities, structural contexts, and HIV risk: Prioritizing the HIV risk and prevention needs of black heterosexual men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Bowleg, Lisa ^a   Raj, Anita ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861726465     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300342     Document Type: Review

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