Role flexing: How community, religion, and family shape the experiences of young black men who have sex with men

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 730-737

  Balaji, Alexandra B ^a   Oster, Alexandra M ^a   Viall, Abigail H ^a   Heffelfinger, James D ^a   Mena, Leandro A ^b   Toledo, Carlos A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; SEXUAL MINORITY; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84870490180     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0177     Document Type: Article

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