The converging and diverging characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men in the Australian gay community periodic surveys, 2000-2009

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-37

  Holt, Martin ^a   Lee, Evelyn ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^b   Zablotska, Iryna ^b   De Wit, John ^a,c   Mao, Limin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Education; Employment; Gay men; Living with HIV

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870954343     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.686598     Document Type: Review

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